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Iran coronavirus update: Over 506,300 deaths, hospitalization jumps eight-fold

Over 506,300 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 Monday afternoon local time, February 14. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 133,886, around a fourth of the actual figure.

The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 118,305 in Tehran, 40,635 in Razavi Khorasan, 35,160 in Isfahan, 30,505 in Khuzestan, 19,270 in Fars, 19,068 in West Azerbaijan, 17,495 in Gilan, 17,488 in East Azerbaijan, 14,718 in Alborz, 13,712 in Kerman, 13,625 in Qom, 9248 in Markazi (Central), 8445 in Hormozgan, 8398 in Yazd, 6538 in North Khorasan, 3930 in Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, and 3854 in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.

Coronavirus infographic - February 15, 2022

The regime’s Health Ministry announced the mullahs’ engineered Covid-19 numbers from the past 24 hours on Monday as 28,956 new cases and 168 deaths. Furthermore, 3410 patients are in ICUs and 3157 of the new cases have been hospitalized.

“In the cities registered as red zones, not only should schools be closed, but in my opinion no commuting should be allowed at all. Schools remaining open has prolonged the period of this epidemic and the death toll will increase. The number of people seeking initial medical care has increased significantly and the number of people hospitalized has jumped eight-fold. The death toll is rising. It is quite likely that the death toll and the number of ICU patients will rise,” said Masoud Mardani, a senior member of the National Covid-19 Task Force, on Monday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.

1219 coronavirus patients are hospitalized, of which 152 are in ICUs.

During the past 24 hours 24 coronavirus patients have lost their lives,” according to a statement released on Monday by the Isfahan Medical Sciences University.

“During the past 24 hours we have had 17 confirmed Covid deaths,” said the spokesperson of Kerman Medical Sciences University on Monday, according to the regime’s IRIB news agency.

During the past 24 hours 270 coronavirus patients have been hospitalized, pushing the current final figure to 1280, of which 170 are in ICUs. During this period 13 patients have lost their lives to coronavirus, according to a report wired Monday by the Fars news agency, an outlet linked to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).

“In Europe it takes 36 days to reach a peak, but here in Iran we reached a peak in 14 days. Seven cities of Khuzestan province are registered as red zones, eight are orange, and 12 are yellow,” said the Khuzestan Health Center director on Monday, according to the regime’s official IRNA news agency.

“During the past 24 hours 14,810 people have sought medical care in various centers across Khuzestan and 12 have lost their lives to Covid,” said the deputy dean of Ahvaz Medical Sciences University on Monday, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.

“The number of people hospitalized has increased four to five-fold. More than 30 to 35 percent of the daily tests are returning positive, and this figure can increase. We have a daily average of 255 patients hospitalized and six to seven deaths,” according to a report released on Monday by the Tabriz Medical Sciences University regarding East Azerbaijan province.

In Gilan province, the number of coronavirus patients hospitalized due to omicron has increased by the more than four-fold, according to a report wired on Monday by the regime’s official IRNA news agency.

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