Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, February 26, 2021—Over 221,400 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 486 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 Friday afternoon local time, February 26. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 59,869 around a third of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 52,726 in Tehran, 14,305 in Isfahan, 11,520 in Khuzestan, 9392 in Mazandaran, 9193 in Lorestan, 8373 in East Azerbaijan, 8293 in West Azerbaijan, 7946 in Gilan, 6637 in Fars, 5266 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 4919 in Kerman, 4473 in Markazi (Central), 4077 in Yazd, 3408 in North Khorasan, 2420 in Zanjan, 2410 in Hormozgan, and 2244 in Busheher. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
Infographic-PMOI/MEK reports over 222,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Iran
“The UK and South African strains are not the only mutated strains of this virus and there are most certainly different strains from across the world, including our own country,” said Alireza Raisi, spokesperson of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Friday. “The UK strain has been identified in the provinces of Khuzestan, Tehran, Razavi Khorasan, Alborz, Qazvin, Fars and Hormozgan. As a result, the virus has spread across the country. We are extremely concerned about that, God forbid, the virus will expand enormously and become an epidemic. The number of blue cities is decreasing by the day and until there is enough vaccination we should expect a strange surge by this virus at any moment,” he added, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“The constant mutation of this virus has made efforts to control and treat this illness quite difficult. The UK strain is spreading in various provinces. Any delay and reservations in procuring and distributing the vaccine will have irreparable consequences,” said the head of the regime’s Medical Apparatus Organization on Friday, according to the state-controlled IMNA news agency.
“During the past two or three weeks in Khuzestan we have had an increasing trend of Covid-19 cases and we are in a situation that we are the only province across the country with 11 red zone cities,” said the deputy dean of Ahvaz Medical Sciences University on Friday, according to ISNA.
“The number of Covid-19 fatalities during the past 24 hours was higher than previous days. Seven coronavirus patients lost their lives during this period despite the efforts of our medical professionals. The total number of coronavirus deaths in this province stands 2743,” said the dean of Alborz Medical Sciences University on Friday, according to the regime’s official IRNA news agency.
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“128 coronavirus patients are in ICUs which is 30 percent higher than the month before when we had 99 such patients, being the lowest number of ICU patients,” said the dean of West Azerbaijan Medical Sciences University on Friday. “The total number of Covid-19 deaths in this province stands at 3618,” this official added, according to the IRNA news agency.
In Ilam, while the UK strain entered this area only a short while ago, this province has now turned into one of Iran’s main epicenters of this virus. To this day 14 individuals in the city of Dehloran have contracted this virus and this figure could rise. “The number of Covid-19 cases has increased significantly in the past few weeks,” said the deputy dean of Ilam Medical Sciences University on Friday, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
Iran coronavirus outbreak death toll interactive map
