After 13,922 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the number of infections has risen to 1,003,494 in the country.

There are at least 5,824 people in intensive care units, Lari said, adding that, of those tested positive for the virus, more than 699,315 patients have been discharged from hospital after being cured.

So far, more than 6,256,715 tests have been taken across the country to detect infected cases, said the Health Ministry spokeswoman.

According to Worldometer, which is a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics, the global death toll from coronavirus has surpassed 1,476,277 with 63,691,642 cases and more than 44,079,695 recoveries.