Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, April 9, 2021—Over 247,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 535 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, April 9. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 64,039 around a fourth of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 56,701 in Tehran, 16,145 in Isfahan, 15,935 in Razavi Khorasan, 14,779 in Khuzestan, 10,540 in Mazandaran, 10,428 in Lorestan, 9983 in East Azerbaijan, 9298 in West Azerbaijan, 8651 in Gilan, 6370 in Golestan, 6158 in Alborz, 7277 in Fars, 5676 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 5474 in Kerman, 5143 in Markazi (Central), 4447 in Yazd, 4272 in Kurdistan, 3728 in North Khorasan, 3072 in Ardabil, 2685 in Zanjan, 2531 in Ilam, 1995 in Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, and 1914 in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
Infographic-PMOI/MEK reports over 247,3000 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Iran
“Instructions have been issued for a ten-day lockdown period across the country starting this Saturday, April 10. Afterwards conditions will be evaluated and if necessary, these circumstances can be extended,” said Alireza Raisi, spokesperson of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Friday. “Currently we have 257 cities and towns registered as red zones. Local vehicles are banned from entering other cities and towns, and non-local vehicles are banned from entering red and orange zone cities and towns. All educational facilities will be closed, and they can only provide online services. Cultural events fall under the same guidelines. Cinemas, theaters and … must definitely be closed,” he added, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
A member of the National Covid-19 Task Force Scientific Committee emphasized that Iran has a harsh period of two to three weeks with three-digit death tolls. “Hospitals are being packed at an extremely fast rate and the patients that we are hospitalizing are mostly in dire conditions. This leads to hospitals quickly reaching their full capacity, leaving them unable to accept new patients. They may not be able to provide adequate medical services to the people. There are many patients and most of them are in dire conditions,” this official said on Friday. On the possibility of Tehran and other red cities may turn into black zones this official said: “This depends on if officials take urgent action. If they continue with the current trend conditions in red zone cities and towns may evolve into black zones. If we had taken quicker and more serious action, we would not be witnessing such death tolls. It was clear as day this was going to happen,” this official concluded.
“The number of coronavirus patients in Tehran province has been rising in the past few days and this trend continues. The number of people medical care yesterday at Tehran’s hospitals reached a total of 7600, indicating a 15 percent increase in comparison to the day before,” said the deputy chair of the Tehran Covid-19 Task Force on Friday. “The total number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in Tehran province stands at 5500 and 58 people died of coronavirus. These numbers are increasing due to polluted air conditions,” this official added. “The number of people being hospitalized is more than those being released,” he continued, according to the regime's official IRNA news agency.
“Reports from all three Medical Sciences universities in Tehran province indicate that we are facing a rising number of patients seeking medical care for coronavirus. Each day the number of people being hospitalized and especially in ICUs. During the past two days more than 300 coronavirus patients were waiting for ICU beds,” according to a Friday report wired by the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
The dean of West Azarbaijan Medical Sciences University said on Friday, “In the next few days, all cities of the province will become red zones. According to the latest statistics, we have 872 hospitalized patients, of which 203 are in ICU. As the capacity of public hospitals become full, 20 percent of beds in private hospitals in the province are also being allocated to coronavirus patients.” (Source: ILNA news agency)
The dean of Kerman Medical Sciences University reported a “terrible increase” in the number of incoming patients and said on Friday, “More than 90 percent of patients are infected with the UK strain virus, which is terribly contagious, and unfortunately in the current situation, deaths have quadrupled in comparison to the past few months.” (Source: Mehr News Agency)
The dean of Ilam Medical Sciences University said on Friday, “In the past week, the number of cases has increased by a factor of 10, and of 12 counties in the province, nine of them are red zones and the three others are orange zones. Patients hospitalized in ICU have increased and this is an alarm for the province.” (Source: Tasnim News Agency)
In Eastern Azarbaijan, the dean of Tabriz Medical Sciences University said, “The number of hospitalized patients in the province is nearing 1,000, of which 200 are in ICU. If the situation becomes worse, we must start thinking about setting up field hospitals.” (Source: ISNA news agency)
The dean of Zanjan Medical Sciences University said on Friday, “In the past week, the number of non-hospitalized and hospitalized patients has increased by a factor of greater than five.” (Source: IRNA news agency)
Iran coronavirus outbreak death toll interactive map
