Over 489,100 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 Thursday afternoon local time, December 16. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 130,946, around a fourth of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 114,540 in Tehran, 39,610 in Razavi Khorasan, 33,650 in Isfahan, 18,355 in Fars, 16,853 in East Azerbaijan, 16,240 in Lorestan, 9073 in Hamedan, 5449 in Bushehr, and 4276 in South Khorasan. 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 Thursday as 63 deaths and 2500 new cases. Furthermore, 2975 patients are in ICUs and 358 of the new cases have been hospitalized.
“Once again coronavirus numbers have risen. During the past 24 hours, 16 people have lost their lives. There are currently 694 coronavirus patients hospitalized, of which 93 are in ICUs,” according to a Thursday report regarding the Fars province wired by the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
“During the past 24 hours 101 coronavirus patients have been hospitalized in medical centers, of which 70 are in ICUs,” said the spokesperson of Isfahan Medical Sciences University on Thursday, according to the Tasnim news agency, an outlet linked to the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force.
“Since the reopening of schools in the current school year, to this day 603 students, 186 teachers, and seven janitors have contracted coronavirus,” said the deputy dean of Shahrekord Medical Sciences University on Thursday regarding Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari province, according to the regime’s official IRIB news agency.
“The [omicron] variant has been seen right next to our country. Our hospitals may once again be filled with coronavirus patients,” said a member of the Ebn Sina Medical Sciences University’s Board of Science on Thursday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
Experts in infectious diseases are concerned about the omicron variant being found in [Mazandaran] province, adding since omicron has been found in neighboring countries, it is quite possible it will enter Mazandaran province in northern Iran, according to a Thursday report wired by the ISNA news agency.
“During the past 24 hours, 181 patients have contracted coronavirus. Currently, 503 patients have been hospitalized, of which 141 are in ICUs and 35 are under ventilators,” according to a statement released Thursday by the West Azerbaijan Medical Sciences University.
