The official number of coronavirus victims in Iran has exceeded 11,000.
On Thursday, July 3, the Iranian Ministry of Health announced the death of 148 people in the country in the past 24 hours, bringing the total official death toll in the country to 11,106.
Sima Sadat Lari, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, also said that 2,652 new cases of the virus have been identified in the past 24 hours, of which 1,595 have been hospitalized in hospitals across the country.
Thus, the total number of patients infected with the coronavirus, according to official statistics from the Ministry of Health, has reached 232,863 to date.
According to the Ministry of Health spokesperson, 3,097 of the infected people are in serious condition and are hospitalized in intensive care units.
He reported on the growing trend in the number of hospitalizations.
The daily coronavirus statistics in Iran are being announced while serious doubts have been expressed about their accuracy, and some observers believe that, at least in terms of the number of deaths, there is a possibility that their number is several times higher than the official figures.
Iranian Ministry of Health officials have stopped announcing disaggregated statistics for several months without any reason.
The number of deaths registered in the Civil Registration Organization in the spring quarter of 2019 is about 19,000 more than the same period last year.
Statistics recorded in Iran's civil registration system show that a total of 110,384 people died from various causes in the first quarter of this year.
This number represents an increase of about 19,000 people compared to last spring, and about 20,000 people compared to the spring of two years ago.
However, the Iranian Ministry of Health has reported the number of coronavirus deaths in the first quarter of this year at around 9,000.
Official statistics from the Ministry of Health show that Iran ranks tenth among countries in terms of cases and ninth in terms of the number of victims.
Iranian authorities confirmed the first cases of coronavirus in Qom in early March, but there are many reports indicating that the Islamic Republic was aware of the coronavirus entering the country much earlier.
In recent weeks, the government's order to lift restrictions and reopen public places has been met with a wave of protests.
However, following a sharp increase in daily deaths, President Hassan Rouhani finally announced on July 28 that wearing masks in public places would be mandatory starting next week.
Daily cases of COVID-19 were on the rise until the first half of April this year, but decreased significantly with the imposition of restrictions in mid-May. However, after the restrictions were reduced and then lifted, cases in the country have spiked again.
Source: Radio Farda
