Some 223 Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 52,670, Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari announced on Tuesday.

Sadat Lari said that, with the 223� new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to�52,670.

Some 7,704�new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,299 of whom have been hospitalized, she added.

Sadat Lari noted that a total of 1,123,474�Iranians have been confirmed infected with the COVID-19,�833,276 of whom have recovered or discharged from hospital.

Some 5,704� other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

She added that 6,797,469�tests have so far been carried out in Iran.