Khuzestan Health Center: Coronavirus Cases Have Exceeded Expectations
Mohammad Alavi, head of the Khuzestan Health Center, stated in an interview with state television that cases of the new coronavirus in the province have “exceeded expectations.”
Dr. Alavi said “coronavirus cases in Khuzestan have exceeded our expectations. Of course, in recent days, coronavirus laboratories have become more active and sampling has increased.”
He also described the rate of testing in the province as lower than the national standard and added “we must conduct the second phase of screening by increasing sampling cases for disease detection.”
The head of the Khuzestan Health Center did not announce specific statistics on confirmed cases and deaths in the province, although in part of his interview he said “out of 180 positive cases in a 24-hour period, only 40 were hospitalized, and the ratio of outpatient to hospitalized cases was approximately four to one.”
While various doubts have been expressed about official statistics in Iran, the Ministry of Health has also refrained from releasing case figures broken down by province.
In recent days, reports have emerged of normal traffic resuming in Tehran and some other provinces, which has fueled concerns about a renewed surge in coronavirus cases.
On Tuesday, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health said the ministry’s policy is not “announcing white zones” and declaring white status in some cities had “no official source.”
The ministry has released a new list of “red counties.”
Alireza Vahabzadeh, head of cyberspace for the coronavirus fight headquarters, wrote on his Twitter account “certainly the danger of coronavirus still exists for all cities and any negligence could lead to another peak and an upward trend.”
Source: Radio Farda
