Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, July 3, 2020—Over 64,800 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 342 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, July 3. The official death count declared by the regime stands at 11,260, around a sixth of the actual figure.
The death toll in various provinces include: 4,950 in Khuzestan, 4,170 in Razavi Khorasan, 3,205 in Gilan, 2,385 in Lorestan, 2,080 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 2,030 in Alborz, 1,795 in West Azerbaijan, 1,655 in Kermanshah, 1,380 in Fars, 1,320 in Kurdistan, 820 in Yazd, 810 in North Khorasan, 660 in Markazi (Central), 580 in Zanjan, and 190 in South Khorasan. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
Spokesperson for the regime’s Health Ministry said on Friday noon local time that 154 people have died of the novel coronavirus in the past 24-hour period. This goes along with 2,566 new cases, of which 1,483, meaning 58 percent, have been hospitalized. This is a very high percentage.
A total of 3,123 individuals are now hospitalized in ICU sections of hospitals across the country, which is the highest toll in the past few months. The provinces of Khuzestan, Razavi Khorasan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Hormozgan, Bushehr, and Ilam are in code red conditions, according to the spokesperson. The provinces of Tehran, Fars, Hamedan, Zanjan, Sistan & Baluchistan, and Alborz are in alarming conditions, she added, according to the state-run TV network.
Over 64,800 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran
“There are no fixed conditions of the epidemic anywhere across the country… If we fail to control the virus in the time period, we will most definitely be facing far more serious crises in the colder seasons of the year,” said the regime’s Deputy Health Minister on July 2, according to the Tasnim news agency, an outlet affiliated to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force.
“Hospitals are crowded again, and the sections and beds allocated for coronavirus patients are full… The medical staff have really been fatigued during the past few months, and now the virus has peaked once again, and they are in a deep state of fatigue. We cannot easily replace experienced and educated medical staff members,” said Minoo Morhaz, a member of the Tehran COVID-19 Task Force on Friday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
June 27 – Yasuj, south-central #Iran
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“We are facing a new wave and new rise in the number of cases… The patients still need ICUs and we have reached a point where each day we are allocating a new segment to our ICU sections… We are doing the best we can for our ICU patients… However, the medical treatment for these people is not very effective and unfortunately, we are witnessing deaths,” said Dr. Alavi, senior specialist in infectious diseases in Tehran’s Loghman Hospital.
“Considering the new rise in COVID-19 cases we are facing a shortage and fatigue in nurses. Some of our physicians who have contracted this virus are currently under quarantine… Our hospitals are now having more people enter than being released. If this trend continues for a few days we will most certainly reach the limit of our hospitals’ capacities,” said the director of the COVID-19 Task Force on Thursday in Bushehr, southern Iran, according to ISNA.
Nearly the entirety of the Kerman, Iran’s largest province, is in a state of emergency, Hamshahri reported. The dean of the medical sciences university of Sirjan said, “The increased workload and exhaustion of our colleagues, nurses and doctors, has resulted in less care for themselves, which has caused many of them to contract coronavirus.”
In Fars province, the deputy dean of Shiraz Medical Sciences University said, “The capacity of all four hospitals that have been allocated to countering the coronavirus has been filled. With the continuation of the current trend, they won’t have the bandwidth to accept more COVID-19 patients… In the next few days, we might be forced to use Beheshti hospital and private hospitals for coronavirus patients.”
The deputy governor of Wester Azerbaijan province confirmed that the entire province is in a state of red alert, Mehr News Agency reported. “At the beginning of June, the number of deaths was under six people but this figure has risen day by day. Yesterday, 19 people died of coronavirus in the province. The threat is very real,” he said.
In Hormozgan province, the dean of the medical sciences university confirmed 10 coronavirus deaths on Thursday, Fars News Agency reported. “Currently, there are 531 hospitalized coronavirus patients in the province. Eighty-one of them are in ICU and 31 are in critical conditions.”
The governor of Kashmar in Razavi Khorasan province reported that the number of hospitalized patients has increased by a factor of 14 in the past two weeks, according to ISNA news agency.
While there’s severe pressure on the country’s healthcare system and nurses and doctors are contracting coronavirus and many of them have lost their lives, the regime refrains from supporting them in any way and pay for their expenses and extra work hours. Many healthcare workers have also been deprived of their normal paychecks. There are many nurses who are ready to help in the coronavirus response and replace the exhausted medical personnel, but the regime refrains from hiring them. Government entities hire nurses for 89-day periods to avoid providing them full contract benefits and insurance. The regime’s abysmal support of healthcare workers has triggered protests in several cities, including large protests by nurses in Mashhad earlier this weeks. Predictably, the regime’s response to the protests has been to crack down on demonstrations and arrest many protesting nurses.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) hailed the brave protesting nurses and reminded that the regime’s destructive policies of spending Iran’s wealth on nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles and terrorism has destroyed the country’s infrastructure and has left the people defenseless in the face of the coronavirus. “The only way to end poverty and corruption is to overthrow the mullahs’ regime and to establish democracy and the sovereignty of the Iranian people,” she said.
Iran coronavirus outbreak death toll interactive map
