RAMALLAH, Thursday, August 6, 2020 (WAFA) – While 289 corona patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, 453 new cases were recorded in Palestine and one death, according to Minister of Health Mai Alkaila.

She said in the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus pandemic that 183 of the new cases were in the Hebron district, the current epicenter of the disease, and 152 in the Jerusalem district of whom 120 were in the occupied city of Jerusalem.

As for the recoveries, 242 were in the Hebron district and 40 in the Ramallah area, for a total of 48.3 percent of the overall cases, while active cases stood at 51.2 percent and deaths at 0.5 percent.

Of the active cases, 12 are in intensive care while two patients are on respirators, said the Minister.

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