Over 489,800 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 Saturday afternoon local time, December 18. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 131,033, around a fourth of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 114,685 in Tehran, 39,635 in Razavi Khorasan, 33,719 in Isfahan, 29,645 in Khuzestan, 18,410 in Fars, 17,015 in Gilan, 16,878 in East Azerbaijan, 13,545 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 13,220 in Qom, 9139 in Kermanshah, 8928 in Markazi (Central), and 4296 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 Saturday as 41 deaths and 1361 new cases. Furthermore, 2909 patients are in ICUs and 243 of the new cases have been hospitalized.
“Despite the positive vaccination trend, the number coronavirus deaths places East Azerbaijan province at sixth in the country. Each day we have 100 to 130 positive coronavirus tests,” said the deputy dean of Tabriz Medical Sciences University on Saturday, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
“During the past 24 hours 113 have contracted coronavirus. 471 have been hospitalized for coronavirus while 126 are in ICUs and 27 are under ventilators,” said the caretaker dean of West Azerbaijan Medical Sciences University on Saturday, according to the Mehr news agency.
The Isfahan Medical Sciences University said the number of people being hospitalized is now higher than those being released, according to a Saturday report wired by the Mehr news agency.
“The number of people contracting coronavirus and seeking medical care has been increasing in the past few days. On the other hand, contract workers and medical staff not receiving their paychecks has resulted in a lack motivation among personnel in the front lines of the battle against coronavirus,” said dean of Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad Medical Sciences University on Saturday, according to the Tasnim news agency, an outlet linked to the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force.
“The current coronavirus conditions are fragile and witnessing ups and downs. Each day 800 to 1000 patients seek medical care in selected medical centers,” said the director of the Hygiene Network in Razavi Khorasan province.
With 73 new coronavirus patients hospitalized in the past 24 hours the total number of such patients hospitalized in Fars province stands at 672, of which 95 are in ICUs, according to a Saturday report wired by the Mehr news agency.
