The health ministry spokeswoman said that with the 178 new deaths, the country's total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 53,273.
Some 7,121 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,085 of whom have been hospitalized, Sadat Lari said.
She said that a total of 1,145,651 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 856,474 of whom have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.
Some 5,627 other COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions and are being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
She added that 6,944,462 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.
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