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Iran - Covid-19: 397,801 cases; 22,913 deaths - August BBC investigation says 451,025 cases, 42,000 deaths

This is what countries have reported to WHO. I see these as minimum counts.



WHO EMRO

@WHOEMRO

14m

01 March 2020

19:00 GMT+2

Cumulative no of confirmed #COVID19 cases in
@WHOEMRO Region

Afghanistan:1

Bahrain: 47

Egypt: 1

IR Iran: 978 incl. 54 deaths

Iraq: 13

Kuwait: 46

Lebanon: 10

Oman: 6

Pakistan: 4

Qatar: 3

UAE: 21
 
Source: https://en.brinkwire.com/news/iran-says-to-set-up-special-hospital-for-covid-19-patients-soon/


Iran says to set up special hospital for COVID-19 patients “soon”
By Brinkwire on March 1, 2020

TEHRAN, March 1 (Xinhua) — Iran’s central Yazd province will set up a hospital in the city of Yazd in the next few days exclusive for the treatment of novel coronavirus patients, Press TV reported on Sunday.

Following a decision by the Islamic Council of Yazd city, the construction work for the hospital started on Sunday morning, Mahmoud Dehqan, a municipal official in Yazd, was quoted as saying...
 
[h=1]One More Iranian Official Dies of COVID-19[/h] Seyyed Mohammad Mirmohammadi, a member of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, has died of the novel Coronavirus.

The senior official passed away on Monday morning at Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran, where a large number of Tehrani citizens suffering from the disease are hospitalized.


Before Mirmohammadi, Iran’s former ambassador to Vatican, Hadi Khosroshahi, had died of COVID-19.
 
Source: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/c...death-toll-hits-66-as-who-team-heads-to-iran/

DUBAI: Sixty-six people have died from the coronavirus in Iran and more than 1,500 have been infected, a senior official said on Monday, as a World Health Organization (WHO) team headed to Tehran.

“The definite latest numbers we have are 523 new infections and 12 new deaths so the total number of those infected is 1,501 until now and the number of deaths is 66,” Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi announced on state television.

Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said separately that a closure of Iran’s schools which was announced on Saturday because of the outbreak would continue through the end of this week, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran has the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus outside China, where the outbreak began...
 
[h=2]Islamic Republic of Iran[/h] [h=2]WHO team arrives in Tehran to support the COVID-19 response[/h]
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2 March 2020 – A team of WHO experts has landed in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, to support the ongoing response to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)outbreak in the country.

The team will work with health authorities and other stakeholders to review ongoing readiness and response efforts, visit designated health facilities, laboratories and points of entry, and provide technical guidance.

Overall, the objectives of the mission are to: identify transmission dynamics and at-risk populations; provide guidance on strengthening and scaling up the response to the ongoing outbreak, including agreement on priority control measures; and provide guidance on strengthened readiness for areas not yet affected by the outbreak.

To date, 1501 COVID-19 cases, including 66 deaths, have been reported in the country, as of 2 March at 15:00 Cairo local time. According to the health ministry spokesperson, in total, 291 people have already been discharged from hospitals after regaining their health.

Cases with a travel history to the Islamic Republic of Iran have also been reported from Afghanistan, Canada, Lebanon, Pakistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

The plane carrying the technical team members also contained a shipment of medical supplies and protective equipment to support over 15,000 health care workers, as well as enough laboratory kits enough to test and diagnose nearly 100,000 people.

WHO expresses its sincere gratitude to the Government of the United Arab Emirates for providing the chartered plane that enabled WHO to successfully allow its team and medical supplies to travel to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

http://www.emro.who.int/irn/iran-ne...-tehran-to-support-the-covid-19-response.html
 
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/6622645/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-army/

...After downplaying the coronavirus as recently as last week, Iranian authorities now say they have plans to potentially mobilize 300,000 soldiers and volunteers to confront the virus...

....An activist group also said Tuesday that Wikipedia’s Farsi-language website appeared to be disrupted in Iran after a close confidant to the supreme leader died of the new coronavirus.

The advocacy group NetBlocks linked the death of Expediency Council member Mohammad Mirmohammadi to the disruption, though Iranian ...NetBlocks described the disruption to accessing Farsi Wikipedia as being nationwide, saying its technical testing suggests the online encyclopedia is being blocked by the same mechanism used to block Twitter and Facebook. Those social media websites have been banned since Iran’s disputed 2009 presidential election and Green Movement protests...

...The disruption raises fears of Iran potentially shutting off the internet entirely again, as it did for a week during economic protests in November. Iran separately has created its own so-called “halal” net of government-approved websites...
 
Source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/health/head-of-irans-emergency-medical-services-contracts-covid-19/1753274

Head of Iran's emergency medical services contracts COVID-19
Pir-Hossein Kolivand not first high-ranking Iranian official who tested positive for coronavirus
Ahmet Dursun | 03.03.2020
ANKARA

The head of Iran's emergency medical services has tested positive for the coronavirus, local media reported on Tuesday.

Pir-Hossein Kolivand is currently under treatment and he was recovering well, according to the country’s semiofficial Tasnim News Agency...
 
Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-iran-23-mps-test-positive-parliament


Iran coronavirus: 23 MPs, senior health official test positive for illness
Iran's parliament has suspended sessions as the Islamic Republic records 77 deaths from the virus

By MEE and agencies
Published date: 3 March 2020 11:38 UTC | Last update: 3 hours 58 min ago
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At least 23 Iranian MPs and the head of Iran's emergency medical service have reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus, in the latest spike in cases in the Islamic Republic.

According to BBC Persian, the 23 lawmakers, out of the 290-member chamber, may have been infected due to their contact with their constituents across the country, which has reported the highest number of cases outside China, where the virus originated in December.

The head of Iran's emergency medical services, Pir-Hossein Kolivand, has also been infected with virus, the ILNA news agency reported...

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Source: https://alkhaleejtoday.co/internati...to-fight-coronavirus-outbreak-as-77-dead.html

Mohamed Nass - Cairo - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader put the Islamic Republic’s armed forces on alert Tuesday to assist health officials in combating the outbreak of the new coronavirus — the deadliest outside of China — that authorities say has killed 77 people...

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Source: https://en.brinkwire.com/news/coronavirus-china-to-fly-out-citizens-from-iran/


Coronavirus: China to fly out citizens from Iran
By Brinkwire on March 3, 2020

ANKARA

China will fly out its citizens from coronavirus-hit Iran on Tuesday night, Chinese media reported.

The Chinese Embassy in Iran said a commercial flight will take 200 Chinese citizens, including students to their home country, daily Global Times reported...
 
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51723398

Coronavirus: Iran temporarily frees 54,000 prisoners to combat spread
2 hours ago

Iran has temporarily released more than 54,000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease in crowded jails.

Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told reporters that the inmates were granted furlough after testing negative for Covid-19 and posting bail.

"Security prisoners" sentenced to more than five years will not be let out.

The jailed British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe may be freed soon, according to a British MP...
 
Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/623789-coronavirus-iran-reports-15-deaths-surging-total-toll-to-92

Coronavirus: Iran reports 15 deaths as toll surges to 92
AFP
March 4, 2020

TEHRAN: Iran's coronavirus deaths surged to 92 on Wednesday, as another 15 people died, while 586 additional new cases were reported, bumping up the infection toll to 2,922.

"The number of confirmed new cases in the past 24 hours is 586," health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a televised news conference. "Fifteen (people) have unfortunately lost their lives."...
 
[h=1]:magnify:
Iranian media: the number of deaths due to corona has reached 483 cases[/h] Last update: Thursday 11 Rajab 1441 AH - 05 March 2020 KSA 23:54 - GMT 20:54
Publication date: Wednesday 10 Rajab 1441 AH - 04 March 2020 KSA 12:52 - GMT 09:52
Source: Dubai - Arabia.Net
Iran International Arabic website reported on Twitter, citing sources, on Wednesday that the number of deaths in all Iranian provinces due to the Corona virus reached 483 people.

The website of the Iranian presidency, quoting President Hassan Rouhani, while speaking at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, stated that the outbreak of the Corona virus in the country affected almost all 31 provinces....A spokesman for the Ministry of Health announced earlier that the number of deaths due to corona in Iran reached 92, with 2922 confirmed cases, the highest number of deaths in the world outside China....:tiphat:https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/iran/2...يروس-كورونا-أصاب-كل-أقاليم-ايران-تقريبا-.html
 
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-reports-107-deaths-3513-103723767.html

Iran reports 107 deaths, 3513 infections from coronavirus - health ministry spokesman
Reuters•March 5, 2020

DUBAI, March 5 (Reuters) - One hundred and seven people have died and 3513 have been infected with coronavirus in Iran, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur announced on state TV on Thursday.

"In the last 24 hours the lab samples that have been confirmed include 591 infections from COVID-19 ...so we have 3513 cases of COVID-19," Jahanpur said...
 
Source: https://www.urdupoint.com/en/health/number-of-covid-19-cases-in-iran-rises-to-47-856855.html

Number Of COVID-19 Cases In Iran Rises To 4,747, Death Toll At 124 - Health Ministry
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) 11 minutes ago Fri 06th March 2020 | 04:58 PM

TEHRAN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th March, 2020) The total number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Iran reached 4,747, with the death toll standing at 124, Health Ministry Spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said, adding that 913 patients had recovered...
 
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Identification of 2 new definitive new cases of CVD in the country







A spokesman for the Ministry of Health said the number of those recovered from the disease reached more than 913 in the country.

According to Webda, Dr. Kianoush Jahanpour, noon today on the latest statistics on CVD, stated: From yesterday afternoon to today, 1234 new cases of CVD have been identified in the country and the total number of these patients has reached 4747 in the country.

He added: "Unfortunately, in the past six hours, 17 Kovi patients have died and the death toll has risen to 124."

Dr. Jahanpour said: The number of those recovered from the disease reached more than 913 in the country and during this period, more than 15,998 suspected cases were hospitalized.

He described the number of Kovid 19 patients by provinces as follows: Tehran: 1413, Gilan: 424, Qom: 523, Central: 228, Qazvin: 176, Alborz: 302, Isfahan: 388 , Fars: 81, Khuzestan: 63, Lorestan: 80, Kurdistan: 42, East Azerbaijan: 75, West Azerbaijan: 11, Ardabil: 40, Khorasan Razavi: 89, South Khorasan: 18, Khorasan North: 15, Sistan & Baluchestan: 21, Kerman: 25, Kermanshah: 27, Bushehr: 5, Yazd: 57, Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad: 6, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari: 14, Zanjan: 50, Semnan : 114 people, Ilam: 13 people, Mazandaran: 301 people, Golestan: 104 people, Hormozgan : 19 people and Hamedan: 23 people.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Health continued: Heavy traffic on the northern routes of the country intended to travel to the northern provinces, despite all the warnings given in recent days and despite all the problems that these trips can be in the coming days for travelers, their companions and provinces. Destined, and given that these provinces are in no way able to accommodate these dear ones in the present circumstances, unfortunately this has happened, certainly at the entrance of the cities with the coordination of the provinces and provincial headquarters to discuss entry screening and even closure. The entrance to some cities and Esta Northern will be done.

Dr. Jahanpour said: We urge dear people to stop traveling to the northern provinces.



http://behdasht.gov.ir/index.jsp?sit...ewsview=200340
 
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-coronavirus-cases-in-europe-continue-to-rise


Iran threatens use of force to restrict spread of coronavirus
Sam Jones in Madrid and Patrick Wintour
Fri 6 Mar 2020 12.59 GMT

...The possible measure was announced during a televised press conference by a health ministry spokesman, who said the authorities had confirmed 4,747 cases of the virus, a rise of 1,234 on the day before.

While he did not elaborate on the threat to use force, the spokesman acknowledged that the virus was present in all of Iran’s 31 provinces.

The threat may be aimed at stopping people from using closed schools and universities as an excuse to go to the Caspian Sea and other holiday spots in the run-up to the Persian new year, which falls on 21 March.

Semi-official news agencies in Iran posted images of long lines of traffic of people trying to reach the coast from Tehran on Friday despite authorities earlier telling people to remain in their cities...
 
https://en.radiofarda.com/a/second-newly-elected-lawmaker-in-iran-dies-of-coronavirus/30474701.html snip...
A female politician who was elected to Iran’s parliament in the February elections has dies of COVID-19 or coronavirus a few days after news of her infection was announced.

Iran’s official government news website IRNA says Fatemeh Rahbar passed away on Saturday, March 7 at the intensive-care unit of a Tehran hospital. She was the second newly elected member of parliament who has succumbed to coronavirus. Lat week, Mohammad Ali Ramazani also died of the epidemic.
Click to expand...
 
Source: https://ifpnews.com/1669-iranians-recover-from-covid-19-as-death-toll-rises-to-145

1,669 Iranians Recover from COVID-19 as Death Toll Rises to 145
By
IFP Editorial Staff -
March 7, 2020 - 11:11

Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour announced on Saturday that 1,076 new cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed in Iran in the past 24 hours, including 21 new deaths.

This brings the total number of infections to 5,823 and the death toll to 145.
1669 have also recovered from the virus and been discharged from hospital...
 
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