RAMALLAH, Tuesday, April 14, 2020 (WAFA) – The Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry Tuesday evening announced there were 699 confirmed coronavirus cases and 31 deaths among Palestinians in the diaspora.

The ministry said in a statement that the number of Palestinian expatriates infected with COVID-19 increased to 699, including 445 cases in the United States, and the deaths due to the virus increased to 31, including 23 deaths in the US, noting that the statistical data was last updated today at 14:49 PM.

The distribution of the latest statistics on the novel coronavirus spread among Palestinians across continents, except for the US, was as follows: a confirmed case in non-Arab Asian countries, 18 confirmed cases and one fatality in Arab countries, 10 confirmed cases in Latin America besides to 217 confirmed cases and seven fatalities in Europe.

The distribution of confirmed cases and fatalities among non-Arab Asian countries was as follows: 1 confirmed case and 0 fatalities in China, and among Arab states was as follows: 1 confirmed case and 0 fatalities in Egypt, 6 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in Qatar, 2 confirmed cases and 1 fatality in Algeria, 2 cases and 0 fatalities in Jordan and 7 cases and 0 fatalities in UAE.

The distribution of the confirmed cases and fatalities among Latin American countries was as follows: 4 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in Peru, 1 confirmed case and 0 fatalities in Chili and 5 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in Brazil.

The confirmed COVID-19 cases and fatalities among Palestinians were distributed among European countries as follows: 6 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in Norway, 6 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in Denmark, 1 confirmed case and 0 fatalities in Ukraine, 11 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in Turkey, 6 confirmed cases and 1 fatality in Netherlands, 15 confirmed cases and 1 fatality in Sweden, 32 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in the UK, 4 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in Austria, 3 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in Greece, 13 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in France, 25 confirmed cases and 3 fatalities in Spain, 9 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in Germany, 15 confirmed cases and 1 fatality in Italy, 70 confirmed cases and 0 fatalities in Belgium besides to 1 confirmed case and 0 fatalities in Switzerland.

K.F.