Sima Sadat Lari said that, with the 148 new deaths, the country’s total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 11,106.
Some 2,652 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,595 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.
She noted that a total of 232,863 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some 194,098 of whom have recovered and were discharged from hospital.
Some 3,097 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
She added that 1,719,451 tests have so far been carried out in Iran
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