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We aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of the outbreak in terms of hospitalizations and deaths. A cross-sectional linkage study was conducted based on the hospitalization data collected from thirteen referral toxicology centers throughout Iran as well as mortality data obtained from the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (LMO). Patient data were extracted for all cases aged\u2009&gt;\u200919\u00a0years with toxic alcohol poisoning during the study period from February until June 2020. A total of 795 patients were hospitalized due to methanol poisoning, of whom 84 died. Median [interquartile ratio; IQR] age was 32 [26, 40] years (range 19\u201391\u00a0years). Patients had generally ingested alcohol for recreational motives (653, 82.1%) while 3.1% (n\u2009=\u200925) had consumed alcohol-based hand sanitizers to prevent or cure COVID-19 infection. Age was significantly lower in survivors than in non-survivors (P\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and in patients without sequelae vs. with sequelae (P\u2009=\u20090.026). Twenty non-survivors presented with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score\u2009&gt;\u20098, six of whom were completely alert on presentation to the emergency departments. The time from alcohol ingestion to hospital admission was not significantly different between provinces. In East Azerbaijan province, where hemodialysis was started within on average 60\u00a0min of admission, the rate of sequelae was 11.4% (compared to 19.6% average of other provinces)\u2014equivalent to a reduction of the odds of sequelae by 2.1 times [95% CI 1.2, 3.7; p\u2009=\u20090.009]. Older patients were more prone to fatal outcome and sequelae, including visual disturbances. Early arrival at the hospital can facilitate timely diagnosis and treatment and may reduce long-term morbidity from methanol poisoning. 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