RAMALLAH, Sunday, October 25, 2020 (WAFA) – Five people died of the coronavirus disease in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, 453 new cases were recorded and 360 have recovered during the last 24 hours, today said Minister of Health Mai Alkaila in her daily report on coronavirus in Palestine. No data was available on East Jerusalem.

Alkaila said five deaths were recorded in the West Bank districts of Jenin, Tulkarm, and Hebron.

The new infections in the West Bank reached 453, most of them in the Nablus area where 104 cases were recorded, followed by 48 in the Hebron area, 38 in the Bethlehem district, 39 in the Ramallah and al-Bireh, 23 in Qalqilya, 19 in Jenin, seven in Jericho, 20 in Salfit, 29 in Tulkarm, five in Tubas and 10 in the West Bank side of the Jerusalem Governorate.

In the Gaza Strip, a total of 111 new cases were reported, while 113 have recovered.

She said 41 patients remain in intensive care in hospitals, including eight who are on respirators.

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