• Health Ministry: Last week, Ilam, Kerman, Yazd, Mazandaran, and Hormozgan provinces had the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rates, and Sistan and Baluchestan, Yazd, Hormozgan, and Alborz provinces had the highest mortality rates, respectively. (IRNA news agency, July 18, 2021)
• Alireza Reisi, the spokesperson for the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce (NCCT): The daily hospitalization rate in the country exceeds 1,700 to 1,800 COVID-19 positive patients. With this situation, red cities will increase. (ISNA news agency, July 18, 2021)
• Chairman of Tehran City Council: The daily COVID-19 death toll in Tehran has exceeded 100.
• Governor of Tehran: Currently, 7,400 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Tehran Province. (Mehr news agency, July 18, 2021)
• Alireza Zali, head of the NCCT in Tehran: If vaccination is not done in time, we will see a re-emergence of the COVID-19 outbreak. (Hamshahri daily, July 18, 2021)
• Tehran University of Medical Sciences: In the coming days, we will face significant deaths due to COVID-19. (Mehr, July 18, 2021)
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced on Sunday, July 18, 2021, that the Coronavirus death toll in 547 cities across Iran had surpassed 332,100. The number of victims in Tehran has reached 77,416, Isfahan 22,485, Khuzestan 21,116, Khorasan Razavi 20,195, East Azerbaijan 13,298, Mazandaran 12,855, Lorestan 12,850, West Azerbaijan 12,228, Fars 11,222, Alborz 9,473, Sistan and Baluchestan 8,841, Kerman 7,943, Central Province 6,818, Yazd 5,627, Hormozgan 5,375, Ardabil 4,040, Bushehr 3,734, and Zanjan 3,575.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
July 18, 2021
