No. 398 / 23 March 2021 New Lab Total Lab Confirmed Cases New Deaths Confirmed Cases Total Recoveries Total Deaths IRAN 7,290 74 1,815,712 1,555,766 61,951 Trend of COVID‐19 I.R. IRAN Update Daily Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 19 February 2020 - 23 March 2021 16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 19-Feb-20 4-Apr-20 19-May-20 3-Jul-20 17-Aug-20 1-Oct-20 15-Nov-20 30-Dec-20 13-Feb-21 30-Mar-21 Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Deaths, 19 February 2020 - 23 March 2021 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 19-Feb-20 4-Apr-20 19-May-20 3-Jul-20 17-Aug-20 1-Oct-20 15-Nov-20 30-Dec-20 13-Feb-21 30-Mar-21 COVID-19 Cumulative Laboratory-Confirmed Cases and Recoveries, 19 February 2020 - 23 March 2021 2,000,000 1,800,000 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 0 20-Feb-20 05-Apr-20 20-May-20 04-Jul-20 18-Aug-20 02-Oct-20 16-Nov-20 31-Dec-20 14-Feb-21 31-Mar-21 Cumula�ve Cases Cumula�ve Recoveries Coronaviru��Update Islamic Republic of Iran| Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | 23 March 2021 2 COVID-19 Patients in Intensive Care, 26 March 2020 - 23 March 2021 6,500 6,000 5,500 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 0 26-Mar-20 10-May-20 24-Jun-20 08-Aug-20 22-Sep-20 06-Nov-20 21-Dec-20 04-Feb-21 21-Mar-21 Laboratory Tests Update (Na�onal COVID­19 Laboratory Network) Total Number of Daily COVID-19 PCR Tests 69,000 67,000 65,000 63,000 61,000 59,000 57,000 55,000 53,000 51,000 49,000 47,000 45,000 43,000 41,000 39,000 37,000 35,000 33,000 31,000 29,000 27,000 25,000 23,000 21,000 19,000 17,000 15,000 13,000 11,000 9,000 0 12-Apr-20 27-May-20 11-Jul-20 25-Aug-20 09-Oct-20 23-Nov-20 07-Jan-21 21-Feb-21 07-Apr-21 Total cumulative laboratory tests as of today is 12,284,847. Percentage of Daily Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Among Daily COVID-19 PCR Tests Done 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 13-Apr-20 28-May-20 12-Jul-20 26-Aug-20 10-Oct-20 24-Nov-20 8-Jan-21 22-Feb-21 8-Apr-21 7-Day Moving Average of Daily COVID-19 PCR Sampling & Test Results at PHC 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 23-May-20 22-Jun-20 22-Jul-20 21-Aug-20 20-Sep-20 20-Oct-20 19-Nov-20 19-Dec-20 18-Jan-21 17-Feb-21 19-Mar-21 COVID-19 PCR Samples Pos��ve COVID-19 PCR Results * Source: SIB (29 provinces without Gorgan and Mashhad universities of medical sciences). Coronaviru��Update Islamic Republic of Iran| Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | 23 March 2021 3 7-Day Moving Average of COVID-19 PCR Samples at PHC Per 100,000 Population by Province Province 23/05 24/06 26/07 27/08 28/09 14/10 16/11 2/12 18/12 3/01 19/01 4/02 20/02 8/03 21/03 22/03 23/03 Alborz 9 9 8 5 4 6 35 25 16 10 13 19 27 22 14 21 20 Ardebil 13 14 9 4 4 4 12 13 6 7 8 10 0 0 3 4 3 Azerbaijan-East 29 21 6 5 9 9 14 12 7 9 10 11 19 16 11 13 12 Azerbaijan-West 12 22 5 6 18 28 40 27 20 18 12 16 25 18 9 14 13 Bushehr 16 15 3 4 4 4 6 9 7 6 4 5 5 6 4 6 5 Charmahal Bakhtiari 8 20 18 18 24 26 47 27 19 11 12 16 20 22 12 15 13 Esfahan 13 14 6 6 12 11 51 32 21 6 7 13 17 14 11 14 13 Fars 18 34 23 11 13 19 39 44 22 11 10 17 20 18 9 13 12 Gilan 9 6 8 5 4 4 8 11 10 15 16 18 17 21 10 12 11 Golestan 3 6 3 1 1 1 4 9 7 5 6 10 12 11 3 2 1 Hamedan 5 13 6 3 5 7 17 13 10 8 8 13 17 14 7 11 11 Hormozgan 19 20 13 12 10 9 22 25 22 15 15 27 22 19 10 14 14 Ilam 2 13 21 14 15 15 28 24 23 20 40 28 33 20 15 15 12 Kerman 6 14 8 5 4 6 18 17 12 11 11 17 26 22 9 12 11 Kermanshah 22 31 9 5 9 14 25 13 6 17 15 24 27 23 19 29 29 Khorasan-North 5 5 13 8 14 13 32 27 18 14 20 16 20 18 9 10 8 Khorasan-Razavi 4 8 5 3 9 11 29 30 16 17 19 35 42 32 15 11 6 Khorasan-South 5 10 2 1 3 3 19 16 9 6 6 10 12 11 5 5 4 Khuzestan 21 36 7 5 5 5 14 8 7 3 4 7 20 42 23 32 30 Kohgilouyeh Buyer Ahmad 11 17 17 17 37 21 26 34 47 31 33 31 42 57 42 53 53 Kordestan 15 34 5 3 6 7 30 19 16 11 9 10 12 10 6 8 7 Lorestan 31 19 13 17 30 33 38 24 17 26 25 30 34 40 22 28 29 Markazi 5 8 5 9 6 6 28 21 16 8 8 12 14 12 7 10 9 Mazandaran 6 10 8 7 6 5 12 14 15 16 9 11 8 6 4 4 3 Qazvin 7 17 2 4 11 15 31 24 17 11 18 24 35 25 20 29 28 Qom 2 8 3 2 5 7 16 12 8 7 4 8 12 12 7 9 9 Semnan 13 23 12 7 13 17 46 37 21 34 19 30 38 34 15 20 18 Sistan & Baluchestan 5 3 3 2 2 1 7 9 5 4 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 Tehran 10 8 6 7 9 10 29 53 37 12 7 9 11 9 4 5 5 Yazd 5 10 7 8 9 13 47 25 15 9 9 16 26 22 15 16 14 Zanjan 22 58 34 13 18 22 60 50 30 29 21 32 46 62 72 76 63 Iran 12 16 8 6 9 11 27 26 17 12 11 16 20 19 11 14 13 * Sources: SIB for 29 provinces, SINA for Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and NAB for Gorgan University of Medical Sciences Coronaviru��Update Islamic Republic of Iran| Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | 23 March 2021 4 Important Updates COVID-19 Risk Status for Iran’s Provincial Capitals Province Capital 7/5 28/5 27/06 28/7 20/8 24/9 23/10 17/11 4/12 19/12 2/1 16/1 23/1 30/1 6/2 13/2 20/2 27/2 16/3 21/3 Alborz Karaj Ardabil Ardabil Bushehr Bushehr Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari Shahrekord East Azerbaijan Tabriz Fars Shiraz Golestan Gorgan Guilan Rasht Hamedan Hamedan Hormozgan Bandar Abbas Ilam Ilam Isfahan Isfahan Kerman Kerman Kermanshah Kermanshah Khuzestan Ahvaz Kohgiloye & Boyer Ahmad Yasuj Kordestan Sanandaj Lorestan Khoram-Abad Markazi Arak Mazandaran Sari North Khorasan Bojnord Qazvin Qazvin Qom Qom Khorasan Razavi Mashhad Semnan Semnan Sistan and Baluchestan Zahedan South Khorasan Birjand Tehran Tehran West Azerbaijan Urmia Yazd Yazd Zanjan Zanjan COVID-19 Risk Status for Iran’s Counties (21 March 2021) The status of the cities is being updated in the Mask app, endorsed by Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Link to the Mask application website: https://mask.ir/ * As decided by the National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus, the newly defined blue status has been added to the COVID-19 color- coding system, as the number of new COVID-19 infected cases has recently decreased in the country. The blue (low risk) status would be used for indicating the status of the areas turning from yellow (moderate risk) to low risk. Coronaviru��Update Islamic Republic of Iran| Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | 23 March 2021 5 Imposed Interna�onal Restri��ons Travelers are strongly recommended to visit governments’ websites for updated information and more details regarding the international restrictions for entering the countries. Restrictions at Iranian Borders (as of23 March 2021, 13:00 PM) Passenger Country Border/Crossing Cargo Status Remarks Traffic Status Effective 25 December 2020, passenger traffic Mehran Allowed Not Allowed to/from Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq is suspended. Nationals of Iran are not allowed to enter Iraq via Shalamcheh Allowed As per remarks Basra. Passengers traveling to Baghdad (BGW) must have a printed medical certificate with a negative Chazabeh Allowed As per remarks Coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR test result issued at most 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation Siran Band-Baneh, point.