The Coronavirus Crisis in Iran



NUMBER OF VICTIMS (AS OF MARCH 16, 2020):

PROVINCEDEATH TOLLLAST UPDATED
Tehran75016-Mar-20
Qom>70014-Mar-20
Gilan68116-Mar-20
Isfahan45014-Mar-20
Khorassan Razavi45716-Mar-20
Mazandaran 49416-Mar-20
Golestan 34315-Mar-20
Alborz23012-Mar-20
Kurdistan15113-Mar-20
Khuzestan17015-Mar-20
East Azerbaijan15016-Mar-20
Lorestan 13814-Mar-20
Qazvin12114-Mar-20
Ilam12016-Mar-20
Kermanshah11011-Mar-20
Fars10611-Mar-20
Markazi9111-Mar-20
Yazd 8016-Mar-20
Sistan and Baluchestan 4814-Mar-20
Hamedan4415-Mar-20
Ardabil4215-Mar-20
Zanjan 3211-Mar-20
Kerman3214-Mar-20
West Azerbaijan1512-Mar-20
Semnan1512-Mar-20
Hormozgan1012-Mar-20
North Khorasan1012-Mar-20
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari712-Mar-20


IRAN, THE NEW SOURCE OF THE PANDEMIC  

The current COVID-19 crisis in Iran is not limited to the Iranian people; Iran has become the epicenter of the spread of the virus to other countries around the world, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Lebanon, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Oman, Bahrain, Georgia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. 
On February 28, authorities of the Queensland state in Australia said that a 63-year-old woman who had recently come from Iran was diagnosed with COVID-19. In a similar development, according to New Zealand authorities, the first person diagnosed with the coronavirus had come from Iran.  
The Iranian regime’s state-run media outlets also wrote on March 1: “Canadian officials said last week that seven of their citizens returning from Iran had been diagnosed with the coronavirus.”

CRISIS MUCH GREATER THAN THE MULLAHS ADMIT

Several indicators confirm that the extent of the crisis is far greater than what the theocratic regime has admitted. In Italy, for example, the first two cases of infection were detected 21 days before the first death; in South Korea, 29 days; and in Hong Kong, 13 days. But in Iran, the very first report on the epidemic was about the death of two infected people, without any report whatsoever on when, where or how the virus had first been detected. Considering that it usually takes a period of at least 27 days to detect visible signs of the illness, and that according to sporadic, unofficial reports, the first death in Iran took place in the city of Qom at least three days after the patient’s hospitalization, and that death was announced before test results were even in, it is not surprising that the country’s healthcare and hygienic system were caught totally off guard. 

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