RAMALLAH, Sunday, November 8, 2020 (WAFA) – Minister of Health Mai Alkiala confirmed today that 549 new infections, three deaths of coronavirus and 444 recoveries were registered in Palestine during the last 24 hours.
In her daily coronavirus report, she said 58 new cases were registered in Hebron, 77 in Nablus, 36 in Bethlehem, 14 in Qalqilia, 50 in Ramallah, 21 in Jenin, 8 in Jericho, 2 in Salfit, 22 in Tulkarm, 4 in Tubas, 8 in the West Bank side of the Jerusalem Governorate, and 48 in occupied East Jerusalem.
In the Gaza Strip, a total of 201 new cases were confirmed.
Alkaila said the rate of recovery stood at 88.3 percent of the total cases since the start of the pandemic in March, whereas active cases stood 10.9 percent and the death rate remained as low as 0.8 percent.
She pointed out that 40 coronavirus patients remain in intensive care, of whom 10 are on respirators.
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