Sima Sadat Lari said that, with the 101 new victims, the country’s total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 21,672.
Some 1,682 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 786 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.
Sadat Lari noted that a total of 376,894 Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19, some of 325,124 whom have recovered or discharged from hospital.
Some 3,709 other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.
She added that 3,256,122 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.
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