Some 191�more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 53,816,�Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Monday.

Sima Sadat Lari said that with the 191�new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 53,816.

Some 6,151�new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 9914�of whom have been hospitalized, she added.

Sadat Lari noted that 894,366 patients out of a total of 1,164,535�infected people�have recovered or been discharged from the hospitals.

Some 5,519�other COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and being treated in intensive care units, the spokeswoman said.

She added that 7,097,556 tests have so far been carried out in Iran.