With coronavirus pandemic causing notoriety all around the globe, Iran has suffered its worst brunt. Iran’s health ministry spokesperson on March 19 provided data that can shock someone to the core, one person dies every 10 minutes in Iran due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The statement stated that the death toll in Iran has surged to 1,284.
Health Ministry spokesperson Kianush Jahanpur on his tweet said: “Based on our information, every 10 minutes one person dies from the coronavirus and some 50 people can get an infection with the virus every hour in Iran.”
Deputy Health Minister, Alireza Reisi spoke about 147 people dying over a 24 hour period, while 1,192 new cases were confirmed, as per Iran’s news agency.
On Thursday, an official statement of Reisi noted that a total number of cases of coronavirus in the country had reached 18,407.
According to experts citing media reports, the figure is relatively higher and are being under-reported in order to contain panic.
To put a question mark more on the figure, last week a satellite photo emerged of Iran digging mass graves in order to bury the bodies of the dead near Qom.
This further corroborated the fear among experts that the regime is covering up the extent of the outbreak in the country.
So far, Iran has revealed the total number of infected people in the country has surpassed 18,000. Iran is currently under partial lockdown and the health ministry is encouraging its citizens to stay at home as the country observes the Persian New Year — Nowruz, as per media reports.
