Iran has recorded 2,379 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 269,440.

Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari said Friday that 852 people with the disease have been hospitalized.

Lari said there were 183 additional coronavirus-related deaths in the country, bringing Iran’s death toll to 13,791.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered the mandatory wearing of face masks in public earlier this month, after cases rose in recent weeks.