Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, August 3, 2021—Over 346,400 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 547 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 Tuesday afternoon local time, August 3. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 91,785, around a fourth of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 81,056 in Tehran, 23,440 in Isfahan, 21,971 in Khuzestan, 21,025 in Razavi Khorasan, 13,420 in Mazandaran, 13,035 in Lorestan, 12,598 in West Azerbaijan, 11,857 in Fars, 10,103 in Alborz, 9955 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 8593 in Kerman, 8175 in Golestan, 7183 in Hamedan, 6032 in Yazd, 5915 in Hormozgan, 4759 in North Khorasan, 3924 in Bushehr, 3516 in Ilam, and 2644 in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
The regime’s Health Ministry announced the mullahs’ engineered Covid-19 numbers from the past 24 hours on Tuesday as 378 deaths and 39,019 new cases (new pandemic record). Furthermore, 5793 patients are in ICUs (highest in the past eight months) and 4838 of the new cases have been hospitalized.
Infographic-PMOI/MEK reports over 346,400 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Iran.
“We are currently experiencing the harshest conditions yet in Tehran’s hospitals since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The total number of people hospitalized reached 9400 yesterday, of which 2600 are in ICUs. 1600 patients were released yesterday, while we had 2000 new patients hospitalized,” said Alierza Zali, head of the Tehran Covid-19 Task Force on Tuesday. “Each day we have more than 20,000 people seeking initial medical care for Covid-19 symptoms. In addition to the 9600 people currently hospitalized, each day we have 4200 patients using temporary hospitalization facilities. If these numbers are added to those hospitalized in hospitals, the number of people seeking medical care would be significantly high,” he added, according to the regime's official IRNA news agency.
“Conditions in Tehran’s Beheshte Zahra Cemetery is critical and unimaginable. Coronavirus doesn’t recognize old or young. Beheshte Zahra Cemetery has entered critical conditions for the fifth time during the past 18 months. The death toll peak in the city of Tehran is escalating significantly, and we are currently in a steep rise,” said Beheshte Zahra Director Saied Khalkhal on Monday, according to the regime's official IRNA news agency.
“The dam of our health apparatus is breaking. As we speak some of our centers have 50 patients in line for CT scans. Many are in line waiting to be hospitalized, many are in line waiting to receive initial medical care for Covid-19 symptoms. The number of people entering various hospitals is extremely high. Yesterday was one of the worst days… The corrected coronavirus daily death toll is 700 to 800,” said a senior official of Tehran’s Masih Daneshvari Hospital on Tuesday, according to the Fars news agency, an outlet linked to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
Tehran, #Iran
Masih Daneshvari Hospital
Many hospitals across #Iran are reaching full capacity as more people are contracting the Delta variant.
Khamenei banned credible vaccines from the onset, many believe, to kill Iranians.#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Rlma6Hd1tS— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 3, 2021
“78 people have died of coronavirus in the past 72 hours. In the coming weeks we will be facing a coronavirus catastrophe in [Fars] province,” said the dean of Shiraz Medical Sciences University on Tuesday, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
“In the city of Ali Abad-Katul we have 175 patients in a 150-bed hospital. Golestan province is facing a shortage in beds, oxygen capsules, medicine and special serum to treat coronavirus. Fifty coronavirus patients have lost their lives during the past 48 hours,” said Golestan Medical Sciences University on Tuesday, according to the regime's official IRNA news agency.
“The upper level of Imam Reza Hospital in the city Bojnourd, two branches of Imam Ali hospital, and one branch in Imam Hassan Hospital are being prepared for coronavirus patients. Furthermore, elective surgeries are cancelled until further notice,” said the deputy dean of North Khorasan Medical Sciences University on Tuesday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“During the past 24 hours 509 patients were hospitalized and 319 were released. Currently we have 2707 patients hospitalized, of which 399 are in ICUs,” said the spokesperson of Isfahan Medical Sciences University on Tuesday, according to the Mehr news agency.
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Ambulances wait in line outside an overcapacity hospital that has no room to admit patients.Thousands are needlessly dying due to the regime's dictator Ali KHamnei banning credible #COVID19 vaccines.pic.twitter.com/w0MR8of6Un
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 3, 2021
During the past few days conditions of hospitalized patients have deteriorated and their numbers of have increased significantly in Mazandaran province. Currently there are 3404 coronavirus patients hospitalized, of which 402 are in ICUs, according to a Tuesday report wired by the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“We are on the brink of a catastrophe and the country has literally been left to be. There are no empty hospital beds. Beds become empty only after a patient dies. CT scan centers are so crowded that people cannot find anywhere to get their CT scans,” said a physician in Alborz province on Tuesday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“In some province the cemeteries cannot cope with the high number of deaths. Yesterday images were published from Kerman province indicating that they are now digging mass graves. With a heavy wave of this illness we are facing a shortage in serums in our pharmacies and patients are searching everywhere,” according to a Monday piece published by the Iran daily, an outlet linked to the faction of outgoing regime president Hassan Rouhani.
Iran coronavirus outbreak death toll interactive map
