- In an unprecedented acknowledgment, contradicting the state-controlled COVID-19 statistics, the state-run news agency, ISNA said, today: “The COVID-19 victims in Isfahan Province, except Kashan, Aran va Bidgol, is 16,493. If w generalize this to the whole country, COVID-19 victims will increase to more than 300,000. While medical facilities in most provinces are less than Isfahan.”
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): Certainly, we are not in a good COVID-19 status to fully reopen schools and universities. (State-run media, Khabar Online, October 29, 2021)
- Secretary of the National Epidemiology Committee: The COVID-19 infection rate in the country’s east is increasing. (State TV, October 29, 2021)
- Yazd Medical University: 91 COVID-19 patients are in critical condition and in ICU, and 419 are hospitalized. (Mehr news agency, October 29, 2021)
- South Khorasan NCCT Headquarters: The number of positive COVID-19 outpatients is increasing, and with the continuation of this trend, the number of hospitalizations will also increase. (IRNA news agency, October 29, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Friday, October 29, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities had exceeded 466,600. The number of victims in Tehran has exceeded 109,335, Khorasan Razavi 38,150, Isfahan 31,765, Khuzestan 28,570, West Azerbaijan 17,273, Fars 17,070, East Azerbaijan 16,223, Lorestan 15,495, Qom 12,740, Kerman 12,432, Golestan 10,295, Hamedan 8,703, Ardabil 5,815, Bushehr 5,234, and Zanjan 4,430.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
October 29, 2021
