Editorial: Corona Virus in Iran: Fact Sheet 02 – 2020/03/08
Fact Sheet No 2 – March 08, 2020
Corona Virus (COVID-19) in Iran
Collected From Various Public and Non-public Sources
1) Corona has spread to all provinces, most cities and many villages. It is estimated that more than 70% of the country is affected by corona. Internal and confidential government reports show that the number of people affected by the disease so far has reached to more than 211,000 and that the death toll has surpassed 6,800 people. The official public reports given by the government, however, are nearly one twentieth of the above numbers. Estimates by health care professionals are far more than even the afore-mentioned government’s confidential reports.
2) In their calculations, the Ministry of Health includes only those who have been tested pos