New Corona Record in Iran; Alarm for People and Policymakers
The spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Health announced the identification of 11,780 new coronavirus patients and the death of 462 more people in the past 24 hours. He said the new statistics are a serious alarm for the people and policymakers of the country.
For the second week in a row, Iran's coronavirus death toll has hit a record high. According to a spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Health, 462 COVID-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease to 39,664. The official death toll yesterday was 453.
Simasadat Lari also said that since yesterday, based on definitive diagnostic criteria, 11,780 new patients have been identified in the country, of which 3,339 were hospitalized. With this, the total number of COVID-19 patients in the country has increased to 715,068. The number of new cases was announced yesterday as 10,339.
According to the Ministry of Health spokesperson, 536,105 patients have recovered or been discharged from hospitals so far. He announced that the number of patients in critical condition is 5,601.
The Ministry of Health spokesperson has declared the situation in the provinces of Tehran, Isfahan, Qom, East Azerbaijan, South Khorasan, Semnan, Qazvin, Lorestan, Ardabil, Khuzestan, Kermanshah, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Gilan, Bushehr, Zanjan, Ilam, Khorasan Razavi, Mazandaran, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Alborz, West Azerbaijan, Markazi, Kerman, North Khorasan, Hamedan, Yazd, and Kurdistan as red.
Corona alarm for people and policymakers
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health expressed regret over the record-breaking death toll from the coronavirus, saying: "Certainly, as long as our hospitalizations in medical centers continue to increase, we should continue to witness a high number of deaths from the coronavirus in the country."
Simasadat Lari told ISNA news agency: "Unfortunately, today we witnessed a new record in the number of deaths of our dear compatriots due to the coronavirus."
He added: "As you can see, the number of daily hospitalizations in the country has reached its highest level since the outbreak of the disease in recent days, which can be considered a serious alarm for our people and policymakers."
Lari emphasized: "Certainly, as long as our hospitalizations in medical centers continue to increase, we should continue to see a high number of deaths from the coronavirus in the country."
Iran has one of the highest coronavirus cases in Asia and among countries in the region. However, due to economic considerations, serious restrictions are not being imposed to contain the new wave. Health experts recently called for a two-week lockdown, but the government refused to implement it due to the economic consequences of the lockdown.
On the other hand, the number of diagnostic tests and hospital capacities for treatment are much lower than in many Asian and Middle Eastern countries. The maximum number of daily tests in Iran is between 20,000 and 25,000, while in neighboring Turkey, this number is more than 140,000 tests per day.
Source: DW
