Over 492,100 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 Saturday afternoon local time, December 25. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 131,348, around a fourth of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 115,150 in Tehran, 33,930 in Isfahan, 29,770 in Khuzestan, 18,550 in Fars, 17,890 in Mazandaran, 17,090 in Gilan, 16,310 in Lorestan, 13,605 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 10,720 in Golestan, 8140 in Hormozgan, 8123 in Yazd, and 6293 in North 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 42 deaths and 1121 new cases. Furthermore, 2781 patients are in ICUs and 265 of the new cases have been hospitalized.
“A large number of people across the country are suspicious to have contracted omicron. As time passes the number of people to have contracted omicron will rise,” said Ali Akbar Sari, a member of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Saturday, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
“Considering the continuing nature of tests, one cannot precisely announce the number of people who have contracted omicron. It is expected that omicron will reach its peak in Iran in the next three to four weeks,” said Hamid Reza Jama’ati, a senior member of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Saturday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“During the past week the number of coronavirus deaths rose 12 percent in [Khuzestan] province,” said the caretaker dean of Jondi Shapour Medical Sciences University in Ahvaz on Saturday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“During the past 24 hours the number of coronavirus patients in Qom have increased and currently stands at over 100,” said the dean of Qom Medical Sciences University on Saturday, according to the Mehr news agency.
“With 100 new patients hospitalized in the past 24 hours, the number of people to have contracted this virus has risen to 616, of which 86 are in ICUs,” according to a report wired by the regime’s official IRIB news agency on Saturday regarding Fars province.
“With over 60 coronavirus patients being hospitalized in the past 24 hours, the number of patients hospitalized stands at 284 [in Mazandaran province], of which 66 are in ICUs,” according to a Saturday report wired by the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“Prior to omicron entering the country, signs of influenza and the cold were seen among the students, teachers, and their families. However, no one would listen to the warnings and finally, the National Covid-19 Task Force was forced to acknowledge the entrance of omicron into Iran only after the virus circulated for some time and many of our compatriots contracted the virus. During the coming days the new coronavirus variant will become the first problem before us in major cities, especially Tehran,” according to a Saturday report published by the state-run Arman-e Meli daily.
