Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, June 1, 2020—Over 48,500 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 324 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 Monday afternoon local time, June 1. The official death count declared by the regime stands at 7,878, around a sixth of the actual figure.
The death toll in various provinces include: at least 10,200 in Tehran, 3,690 in Khuzestan, 1,520 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 1,510 in Lorestan, 1,115 in Kermanshah, 565 in Kerman, 295 in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmed, and 230 in Hormozagan. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
Over 48,500 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran
From February 20 to around May 21, the number of coronavirus victims in five of Tehran province’s 138 hospitals that accept COVID-19 patients is at least 1,105. The number of coronavirus victims in Fiazbakhsh Hospital stands at 440, another 250 in Hazrat-e Rasoul Hospital, 195 in Hasheminezhad Hospital, 180 in Rajai Heart Hospital, and at least 40 more in Zaeem Hospital. On May 28 the number of COVID-19 deaths in 18 other Tehran province hospitals had reached 4,875.
The regime’s Health Ministry spokesperson delivered the mullahs’ engineered numbers as 81 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours. This is the highest such number in the past 35 days. Kianoush Jahanpour also reported 2,979 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours and this is the highest number in two months.
“In Khuzestan and many other warm provinces, such as Kermanshah, Hormozgan, Sistan & Baluchistan, we are now witnessing a return of the illness and an increase in the number of coronavirus cases. This may also become a reality in other provinces,” said the regime’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Monday, according to a report wired by the mullahs’ official IRNA news agency.
“We must not give hollow hope to the people regarding this illness and refrain from normalizing the status quo… We have around 1,400 people hospitalized and more than 600 of them are in ICU,” Tehran province governor said on Sunday, according to IRNA.
“The threat of the novel coronavirus has definitely not been eradicated from the country, and most certainly not Tehran province,” said Alireza Zali, head of the Tehran COVID-19 Task Force.
Weeks ago, senior Iranian regime officials issued orders for people to return to work despite warnings from their own lower-level officials & experts. Khuzestan Province in southwest #Iran is now witnessing a very alarming rise in new #COVID__19 cases.https://t.co/AeNYLpuQB1
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 16, 2020
In Khuzestan province, spokesperson of the Ahvaz Medical Sciences University said 14,647 people across the province have contracted COVID-19 and the death toll stands at 565, according to a Sunday report wired by the state-run Mehr news agency, an outlet affiliated to the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
ISNA quoted the dean of Zahedan Medical Sciences University as saying, “There’s a new peak of coronavirus in [Sistan and Baluchestan] province, especially in southern cities.” Tasnim quoted the deputy dean of Iranshahr Medical Sciences University as saying, “Five counties of Iranshahr, Chabahar, Bampour, Sarbaz, and Konarak, which are in the jurisdiction of this university, are in a red state. After Khuzestan, Sistan and Baluchestan is the province with the most cities in a critical situation.”
In Lorestan, the head of the province’s civil defense said, “From a contagion standpoint, Lorestan has reached a critical state. In the National Coronavirus Task Force, Lorestan was mentioned as a province with a high spread of the virus. Unfortunately, this trend continues to grow.”
The deputy dean of Lorestan Medical Sciences University said, “Most cities don’t have good conditions… The province capital and other counties are in a red state.” (Source: Mehr News Agency, May 31)
Fars News Agency quoted the head of Towhid hospital in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, as saying, “The capacity of the heart surgery department, which has been allocated to treating coronavirus patients, has been completely filled. In the past two weeks, due to an influx of coronavirus patients, we have hospitalized coronavirus patients in seven other departments that were providing services to other patients. We have problems treating patients with other chronic diseases.”
“Statistics show that in Kermanshah province we are witnessing an increasing trend in the number of people being hospitalized, new COVID-19 cases and deaths,” said the provincial governor on Sunday, according to IRNA.
“There are 600 new tests across the province each day and 30 percent of these cases are positive,” said the dean Kermanshah Medical Sciences University on Sunday, according to the state-run Asr-e Iran daily.
“Unfortunately, conditions in the city of Javanrud are ‘code red’ and alarming,” said the city governor on Sunday, according to the Javan daily, an outlet affiliated to the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
“The number of coronavirus casualties has been increasing from May 21 to May 30 and we have entered a new peak,” said the governor of Neyshabur on Sunday, according to the state-run Aftab-e Yazd daily. Neyshabur is a city in Razavi Khorasan province, northeast Iran.
“In the past five or six days, the number of COVID-19 cases in [West Azerbaijan] province has increased significantly. This has sounded an alarm bell regarding a new spread of this virus among the locals… We may witness a second peak in this province soon,” said the dean of West Azerbaijan Medical Sciences University on Monday, according to the Javan daily. West Azerbaijan province is in northwest Iran.
“Unfortunately, the COVID-19 curve in Boein Zahra has increased. If this trend continues, we will be entering a ‘code red’ status,” said the governor of Boein Zahra, according to a Mehr news agency report on Monday. Boein Zahra is a city in Qazvin province in northwest Iran.
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