Over 493,300 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 Wednesday afternoon local time, December 29. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 131,527, around a fourth of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 115,360 in Tehran, 34,095 in Isfahan, 18,610 in Fars, 18,603 in West Azerbaijan, 17,120 in Gilan, 17,053 in East Azerbaijan, 16,335 in Lorestan, 13,630 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 13,302 in Kerman, 10,745 in Golestan, 8148 in Yazd, and 4713 in Ilam. 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 Wednesday as 53 deaths and 1905 new cases. Furthermore, 2732 patients are in ICUs and 348 of the new cases have been hospitalized.
“Currently we can say that omicron is spreading across the country and expanding in different provinces. In the coming few weeks we may be facing a new peak with omicron,” said the secretary of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Wednesday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“The trend of new cases is increasing, and this can be the result of omicron. In the past few days omicron has been reported in a large number of cities and provinces, and this trend, considering the rising number of suspicious cases, will continue,” according to a report wired by the according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
“As we speak each patient that tests positive for coronavirus is considered mostly to be omicron,” said Nader Tavakoli, deputy director of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Wednesday, according to the state-run E’temad daily.
“The number of people seeking initial medical care has increased by 22 percent in the past week. In the cities of Khaf, Dargaz, Mashhad, Torghabeh, Shandiz, Bardaskan, Taybad, and Bakhezr have all witnessed an increasing number of such people in their medical centers,” said the director of the Mashhad Medical Sciences University’s Health Network in Razavi Khorasan province on Wednesday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“Following various evaluations and specific tests, we have identified three cases of omicron in Qom,” said the caretaker of the Health Ministry’s Public Relations Office on Wednesday, according to the Mehr news agency.
“In line with the wave of omicron cases that is growing exponentially, Health Ministry officials are only focusing on ‘evaluating and making announcements.’ With such turtle-style speed in decision making in the face of a variant that even bypasses PCR tests and other observatory measures, what will become of the number of new cases, those hospitalized, and deaths resulting from omicron in Iran?” reads a piece published on Wednesday in the state-run E’temad daily.
