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Two Palestinians die from coronavirus in West Bank; total 57 in Palestine

Two Palestinians die from coronavirus in West Bank; total 57 in Palestine
Palestinian medical teams testing people for coronavirus in West Bank. (WAFA Images / Suleiman Abu Srour)

RAMALLAH, Saturday, July 18, 2020 (WAFA) – Two Palestinian men in their 60s have died of coronavirus in the West Bank last night and this morning, raising the total corona-related deaths in Palestine to 57, according to the Ministry of Health.

It said a 64-year-old man from Beit Kahil, in the southern West Bank Hebron district, has died of the disease this morning, and a 60-year-old man from Beit Awwa, also in the Hebron district, has died last night.

With the exception of three dead in East Jerusalem and one in Gaza, the remaining 53 were in the West Bank, and mainly in the Hebron district, the current epicenter of the corona disease in Palestine.

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