Kianoush Jahanpour said on Saturday 75 patients died of the virus in the past 24 hours, increasing the death toll to 8,209.
He also confirmed 2,269 new cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the totall number of cases to 169,425.
The spokesman said 2,578 patients are currently in severe condition of the disease.
So far, 1,060,126 COVID-19 tests have been taken across the country, according to Jahanpour.
