Some 8,017 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 678 of whom have been hospitalized, Lari said.
She added that with the 77 new victims, the country’s total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 59,341.
Lari noted that 1,331,162 patients out of a total of 1,558,159 infected people have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.
Some 3,669 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
Since its outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic has infected about 109 million people across the world, from whom over 2,400,000 people have lost their lives.
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