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Table 1 Methanol poisoning cases and fatalities in Iran (23 February to 2 May 2020)

From: Double trouble: methanol outbreak in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran—a cross-sectional assessment

Province

Poisoning cases: hospital admissions (source: MOH)

Methanol deaths*

In hospital (source: MOH)

Total registered (source: LMO)

Tehran

1177

87

205

Khuzestan

1079

93

88

Fars

812

99

139

Razavi Khorasan

581

67

78

East Azerbaijan

483

50

75

Alborz

248

43

52

Ardebil

223

22

31

Isfahan

207

6

19

Kerman

139

0

2

Kermanshah

132

2

2

Mazandaran

100

10

28

Yazd

96

12

10

Markazi

87

4

4

Kurdestan

79

0

9

The other provinces

433

39

58

Total

5876

534

800

  1. *Brain-dead cases considered dead
  2. MOH Ministry of Health, LMO Legal Medicine Organization (data is available through https://bit.ly/2WUBfZo)