Tehran (IP) - Iranian Ministry of Health spokeswoman announced in her presser on Tuesday that the death toll from COVID-19 in Iran had reached 57,560, noting that the disease has taken the lives of 79 patients over the past 24 hours.

Iran PressIran News: Sima Sadat Lari stated that the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 across the country has risen to 1,385,706 after detecting 6,420 new cases since yesterday.

"Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 590 patients have been admitted to the hospital," she added.

"Among those undergoing treatment in medical centers, 4,038 coronavirus patients have critical health conditions," Lari pointed.

"At least 1,177,367 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far or have been discharged from hospitals across Iran," the spokeswoman stated.

Lari also noted that more than 9,015,376 coronavirus diagnostic tests had been carried out in Iran so far.

As she pointed out, according to the latest analysis, 18 cities are in orange zones, 154 in yellow zones, and 276 are in the blue zones.

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