Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, May 20, 2021—Over 294,000 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 542 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, May 20. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 77,994, around a fourth of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 68,516 in Tehran, 19,520 in Isfahan, 18,249 in Khuzestan, 17,955 in Razavi Khorasan, 12,033 in East Azerbaijan, 10,993 in West Azerbaijan, 9976 in Gilan, 9647 in Fars, 8153 in Alborz, 6731 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 6123 in Markazi (Central), 3710 in Ardabil, 3404 in Qazvin, 3111 in Ilam, 3059 in Bushehr, and 2304 in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
Infographic-PMOI/MEK reports over 294,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Iran
Mohsen Dehnavi, a member of the regime’s Majlis (parliament) presidium shed light on the 200,000 vaccine doses that have disappeared. “We will not believe them even if they keep on swearing that nothing has been lost. Instead of insulting us, they should try to respond to my letter to the [Health] Minister or transparently announce the number of vaccine doses delivered and the national codes of those who have been vaccinated. Based on reports from supervising entities it is quite obvious that there have been obstructions,” he said on Wednesday, according to the Majlis website.
“We are unfortunately witnessing an increasing number of deaths among taxi drivers from coronavirus,” said the director of Urban Taxi Drivers Union on Thursday. “Since the beginning of this epidemic to this day more than 9500 taxi drivers have contracted Covid-19 and more than 500 have lost their lives,” this official said, according to the regime’s official IRIB news agency.
“Currently we have 355 coronavirus patients hospitalized, of which 72 are in ICUs and 28 are under ventilators,” said the dean of Golestan Medical Sciences University on Thursday, according to the Mehr news agency, an outlet linked to the regime's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
“In Khuzestan province we have around 24,000 people from the ages of 70 to 74, and 14,000 from the ages of 75 to 79, and 10,000 over the age of 80 that have yet to be vaccinated,” said the dean of Jondi Shapour Medical Sciences University in Ahvaz on Thursday, according to the regime's official IRNA news agency.
The spokesperson of Isfahan Medical Sciences University on Thursday said during the past 24 hours 739 new confirmed cases of coronavirus have been identified in this province. “216 people of these individuals have been hospitalized in medical centers under this university’s umbrella and 19 coronavirus patients lost their lives in the past 24 hours,” this official added, according to the Mehr news agency.
“Currently we have 267 coronavirus patients hospitalized, of which 58 are in ICUs. During the past 24 hours nine patients lost their lives to Covid-19 in Ardabil province,” said the dean of Ardabil Medical Sciences University on Thursday, according to the regime’s official IRIB news agency.
Iran coronavirus outbreak death toll interactive map
