Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, November 8, 2020—Over 147,600 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 Sunday afternoon local time, November 8. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 38,291, around a fourth of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 35,771 in Tehran, 11,083 in Razavi Khorasan, 8568 in Khuzestan, 8264 in Isfahan, 6215 in Qom, 5326 in Gilan, 5282 in East Azerbaijan, 4489 in West Azerbaijan, 4080 in Alborz, 3923 in Fars, 3855 in Hamedan, 2640 in Kurdistan, 2587 in Markazi (Central), 2458 in North Khorasan, 2446 in Yazd, 2387 in Kerman, 1730 in Hormozgan, 1618 in Ardabil, 1380 in Zanjan, 1246 in South Khorasan, 1207 in Ilam, 1170 in Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, and 1049 in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmed. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
Infographic-Over 147,600 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran
The regime’s Health Ministry spokesperson announced the mullahs’ engineered Covid-19 numbers on Sunday as an unprecedented 459 deaths in the past 24 hours and 5523 in ICUs.
“We have now allocated 6300 beds for Covid-19 patients in ICUs. Furthermore, 2,000 ICU beds and 10,000 general beds will be added before April 2021,” said Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi on Saturday, according to state TV.
“We may face even harsher days in the near future as we forecasted a difficult fall season. We have an even harder winter ahead of us and we need to get ready for even more difficult days,” said Health Minister Saied Namaki on Sunday, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
During the Saturday Majlis (parliament) session, MP Abdolhossein Ruholamini said, “[Deputy health minister Iraj] Harirchi has said that Covid-19 deaths are officially at 2.2 percent, but the health minister says why are you questioning the official statistics… you must be prosecuted… On social media, the word is that Covid-19 deaths among officials are much lower because they are quickly diagnosed and treated.” (Source: State television, November 7)
In Tehran, Nahid Khodakarami, the head of the Tehran City Council health commission, said, “We are gradually approaching 200 daily deaths in Tehran. Unfortunately, despite repeated requests, [the government] did not approve the two-week lockdown. Instead, the Coronavirus Task Force issued a very weak set of guidelines, and even those aren’t being implemented.” (Source: Hamshahri Daily, November 8)
Payam Tabarsi, the head of the infectious diseases department in Tehran’s Masih Daneshvari hospital, said, “In the third peak, the number of critical patients is much higher than previous waves. Unfortunately, this has resulted in ICU beds always being occupied, and some patients that we previously took to ICU are being held in other departments due to the shortage of ICU beds.” (Source: State television, November 7)
Kourosh Salimi, the head of hospital affairs in Alborz province, said, “We have 900 occupied [hospital] beds. In the first wave, there was around 500 occupied beds. In the second peak, it was 650. Now, there has been a 25-percent increase. We’re concerned that it might further increase. In the past 24 hours, we had to transfer 60 patients to ICU but we had to wait for beds to be freed.” (Source: State Television, November 8)
The spokesperson of Isfahan Medical Sciences University said on Saturday that, aside from Kashan, Aran and Bidgol counties, the total number of hospitalized patients in the province has reached 2,088, of which 395 are in ICU. “In the past 24 hours, 39 people have died,” he added, according to Javan daily, a newspaper affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
In East Azarbaijan province, Alireza Monadi, the chair of the education and research commission of the Majlis, said, “This province has a fortieth of the country’s population, but a tenth of Covid-19 deaths are also in this province.” (Source: Fars News Agency, November 8)
The dean of West Azarbaijan Medical Sciences University reported 27 Covid-19 deaths on Sunday and said, “The number of hospitalized patients is 1,681, of which 282 are in ICU and 106 are on ventilator support.” (Source: IRNA news agency, November 8)
Iran coronavirus outbreak death toll interactive map
