All areas are red, the number of patients has increased sixfold since March 21, hospitals are overflowing, several fields hospitals have been set up, and according to government statistics, the number of victims has reached 9,400
- The CEO of Behesht Zahra Cemetery (Tehran’s main cemetery): In the past two days, the death toll in Tehran has reached three digits, and since mid-November 2020, when the death toll reached over 100. Until today, Tehran had not experienced such a high death toll. During the 50-year history of Behesht Zahra, these conditions have never occurred. (IRNA news agency, April 13, 2021)
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): The Hospital beds allocated to COVID-19 patients are full, and we are witnessing a surge in COVID-19 related deaths. (ISNA news agency, April 14, 2021)
- Mashhad Medical Organization: The hospitals’ conditions are abysmal. Many emergency wards are full and continuing in this way we will not have a bed for new patients. (Mehr news agency, April 14, 2021)
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences: The number of critically ill COVID-19 patients in ICUs exceeded 300. In the past 48 hours, 42 patients with COVID-19 have died. (ISNA, April 14, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 535 cities across Iran had exceeded 252,100. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 57,651, Isfahan 16,485, Khorasan Razavi 16,190, Khuzestan 15,169, Mazandaran 10,705, Lorestan 10,648, East Azerbaijan 10,278, West Azerbaijan 9,473, Qom 8,885, Gilan 8,826, Fars 7,427, Golestan 6,475, Alborz 6,313, Sistan and Baluchestan 5,746, Hamedan 5,698, Kerman 5,629, Central Province 5,228, Kermanshah 5,034, Semnan 4,470, Yazd 4,512, Qazvin 2,879, Hormozgan 2,860, Zanjan 2,760, Ilam 2,596, and Bushehr 2,564.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
April 14, 2021
