Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll in 542 Cities Exceeds 294,800

 While the regime is delaying public vaccination, experts warn of new outbreaks

• Masih Daneshvari Hospital: In Tehran, we are facing an increase in outpatient and inpatient admissions. Condition is not stable. We hope that with vaccination, there will be no new outbreaks. (E’teman daily, May 20, 2021)

• Isfahan University of Medical Sciences: We are concerned about the new COVID-19 outbreak. It is estimated that in the next six months, we will have two more outbreaks in Isfahan. (Tasnim news agency, May 21, 2021)

• Chairman of the National Epidemiology Committee: We have not yet reached a stage to control the COVID-19 pandemic in Hormozgan Province completely, and we must continue the path. (ISNA news agency, May 21, 2021)

• It is alarming again, as the number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized has recently increased in Semnan. (Tasnim, May 21, 2021)

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Friday, May 21, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 542 cities had exceeded 294,800. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 68,756, Isfahan 19,580, Khuzestan 18,324, Khorasan Razavi 17,995, East Azerbaijan 12,073, Lorestan 11,930, Mazandaran 11,925, West Azerbaijan 11,028 Fars 9,692,, Alborz 8,188, Golestan 7,170, Kerman 6,603, Kermanshah 5,818, Kurdistan 5,072, Khorasan North 4,288, Hormozgan 3,480, and South Khorasan 2,761.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)

May 21, 2021