Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, October 31, 2020—Over 138,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 462 cities checkered across all of Iran’s 31 provinces, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) as of Saturday afternoon local time, October 31. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 34,864, around a fourth of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 33,531 in Tehran, 10,447 in Razavi Khorasan, 8253 in Khuzestan, 7679 in Isfahan, 5975 in Qom, 5888 in Lorestan, 4857 in East Azerbaijan, 4062 in West Azerbaijan, 3835 in Alborz, 3700 in Hamedan, 3638 in Fars, 2973 in Kermanshah, 2456 in Kurdistan, 2304 in North Khorasan, 2211 in Yazd, 2210 in Kerman, 2082 in Markazi (Central) 1528 in Ardabil, 1300 in Zanjan, 1139 in Ilam, 1104 in South Khorasan, and 1060 in Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
Infographic-Over 138,300 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran
The inhumane mullahs’ regime, deeply concerned over growing public anger against its apparatus following the recent Covid-19 surge, has increased crackdown measures and dispatched many units of Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and state police to the streets.
With Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri and police chief Hossein Ashtari attending the meeting, regime President Hassan Rouhani emphasized on implementing rules and regulations, and fining those not abiding by health protocols. “The people have a duty. If people do not fully cooperate, we will most certainly fail in the face of this illness,” he said during the Saturday meeting of the National Covid-19 Task Force. “We have decided today to impose restrictions on 25 provinces and 46 cities with certain circumstances. Restrictions on 43 previous cities have been extended and there will restrictions on 25 provincial capitals from Wednesday to Friday of next week,” he added.
IRGC chief Hossein Salami held a health and treatment meeting on Thursday and resorted to very remarks that further signal the extent of the coronavirus crisis in Iran. “All IRGC Basij bases in neighborhoods (54,000 in total), especially mosques, will be activated for each area to identify those who have contracted the virus. Our goal will be to carry out this identification process by going from home to home,” he said on Saturday, according to state TV.
The head of the virology department at Tehran’s Masih Daneshvari hospital said on Saturday, “It seems as if, for the government, 300-400 deaths in one day is just a number and there’s no serious action. We must lock down the country for two to three weeks. We are perfectly capable of doing this. The continuation of this trend might raise the number of deaths to 900 per day or more.” (Source: Khabar Fori website, October 31)
On Saturday, the state-run Setareh Sobh daily quoted Massoud Yunesian, a member of the scientific council of Tehran Medical Sciences University, as saying, “The country ranks 113 in number of Covid-19 tests per capita. We are much lower than the global average.”
Also on Saturday, Hassan Khalil Abadi, a member of Tehran City Council, said, “The death toll in Tehran has had a 100-percent increase in comparison to before the Covid-19 outbreak. The Beheshteh Zahra cemetery has been completely filled. Plans for three new cemeteries in the capital have begun.” (Source: Fars News Agency, October 31)
The state-run Isfahan Today newspaper wrote on October 31: “Since a week ago, the number of dead bodies brought in to Beheshteh Zahra cemetery is much larger than the capacity of the morgues and the cemetery’s staff. Authorities are forced to store some of the bodies in the crisis management silos. This is one of the reasons the municipality is requesting the government and the Covid-19 Task Force to shut down Tehran for two weeks.”
The spokesperson of Isfahan Medical Sciences University said, “We have 1,888 hospitalized patients, 362 of whom are in critical conditions. In the past 24 hours, 39 patients have died. In Kashan, Aran, and Bidgol, the number of hospitalized patients has reached 353 and eight people have died.” (Source: State-run television, October 30)
According to the official IRNA news agency, the health ministry spokesperson in Kurdistan province said on Saturday, “The number of new Covid-19 cases in Kurdistan province is 45 per 100,000 population, and the average number of Covid-19 deaths is 41 per 1 million population. Both stats are higher than the national average.”
The IRGC-run Tasnim News Agency quoted the dean of Ilam Medical Sciences University as saying on Saturday, “The fivefold increase in the number of Covid-19 cases and hospitalized patients in comparison to the past 24 hours has shocked the medical staff. This figure continues to grow. The province is moving toward a crisis in death rates.”
The dean of Makazi province Medical Sciences University said, “At the moment, all counties of the province are in critical conditions, hospitals are filled with patients and we are faced with critical conditions. Housewives hold the record in Covid-19 cases and deaths.” (Source: ISNA news agency, October 31)
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