Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, August 21, 2020—Over 92,300 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 394 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 Friday afternoon local time, August 21. The official death count declared by the regime stands at 20,376 around a fifth of the actual figure.
The coronavirus death toll in various provinces include: 6576 in Razavi Khorasan, 6289 in Khuzestan, 4470 in Qom, 4091 in Isfahan, 3817 in Lorestan, 2946 in Sistan & Baluchistan, 2723 in East Azerbaijan, 2715 in Alborz, 2603 in Fars, 2373 in Hamedna, 2207 in Kermanshah, 1859 in Kurdistan, 1214 in Hormozgan, 1104 in Yazd, 1085 in Ardabil, 760 in Ilam, 612 in Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, 530 in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmed, and 484 in South Khorasan. This is in addition to reports obtained from other provinces.
Over 92,300 dead of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran
“The number of cities considered red zones in the provinces of Ilam, Bushehr, Kurdistan, Zanjan, Semnan, Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmed, and Gilan are increasing.” said the spokesperson of the regime’s Health Ministry said on Friday, according to the official IRNA news agency. “Currently, there are 114 red cities across the country and 133 are in alarming conditions,” she added.
“Our country is not doing good at all when it comes to the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Hamid Souri, a member of the National Covid-19 Task Force on Wednesday, August 19. “Regarding the college entrance exams that were held recently, I witnessed a case myself of an individual giving an exam had returned contaminating 17 family members and others. We should expect another epidemic explosion and it will be very, very bitter for our society,” he added, according to state TV.
June 27 – Yasuj, south-central #Iran
Head of a local hospital says the facility is full of #COVID19 patients.pic.twitter.com/Vd9iU4L1Kq— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) June 28, 2020
Minoo Mohraz, member of the Coronavirus Task Force, said, “We requested that college entrance exams be postponed until the weather becomes more tolerable and we can hold them outdoors. Stadiums are the best places for this. They have lights and we can hold the exams at night. But they said no, and the forced the health ministry to write a protocol for the exams. Who will be enforcing these protocols. Exams mean congregations, and as an expert at the health ministry, I say that they must not be held indoors because we’ve had similar experience with metros. Were the protocols abided by in the metro? If these kids contract Covid, they will take it to their homes and infect several other people.” (Source: Hamshahri, August 19)
The semi-official ISNA news agency quoted Alireza Zali, the head of Tehran’s Coronavirus Task Force, as saying, “Constant fatigue, exhaustive procedure, changes in the motivation of the medical community, and the extension of the pandemic have changed the situation of the medical community. We must be careful that the fatigue caused by the attrition of the disease does not cause challenges and damage that go beyond the medical sector. The concurrence of coronavirus and seasonal diseases, the inclination of people to be indoors, respiratory symptoms and allergies, and a wave of H1N1 infection is very worrying. If the situation persists, the medical community will be dealing with even more pressure in fall.”
Ahmad Naderi, member of the Majlis (parliament), said, “In an act of defiance, the mayor of Tehran refrained from cancelling the traffic plan while the number of coronavirus casualties had reached 200 per day. But after much pressure, he was forced to cancel the traffic control plan. Yet, recently, it was declared that the plan will be brought back into effect starting in August 22… If the students survive the college entrance exams, they will surely be exposed to the virus in the heavy traffic of the capital or when using public transport.” (Source: Etemad Online, August 20)
The dean of Mazandaran Medical Sciences University said, “There are 851 hospitalized coronavirus patients in the hospitals covered by this university, and 220 of them are in ICU.” (Source: Fars News Agency, August 21)
In Isfahan province, the governor of Lenjan confirmed that every day, over 30 coronavirus cases are registered and an average of three people die, according to Fars News Agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). “Given our current facilities, we will have serious problems if the situation persists,” the governor said.
Iran coronavirus outbreak death toll interactive map
