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Tabriz Medical University: 4.5 percent of 42,000 coronavirus patients in East Azerbaijan have died

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The head of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Mohammad Hussein Sumi, said that to date, 42,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus in East Azerbaijan, and about 4.5 percent of these cases, or 1,890 people, have died.

He added that according to official statistics, the number of deaths per day due to Jovid-19 disease in medical centers of East Azerbaijan is 20 people:

“It is very bad that 20 people die every day from coronavirus infection in the region.”

According to him, currently 1,122 coronavirus patients are being treated in hospitals in Tabriz and other cities of East Azerbaijan, and more than 130 people are connected to artificial respiration and breathe with the help of this device.

Noting that the places for coronavirus patients in Tabriz hospitals are already full, Hussein Sumi added:

“Now in the emergency department of the Imam Reza Hospital in Tabriz, up to 25 patients are waiting in line for admission to the ward.”

Noting that 50 percent of the daily Covid-19 tests taken from patients suspected of being infected with the coronavirus in East Azerbaijan were positive, he warned that this shows that the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in society.

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