RAMALLAH, Wednesday, December 9, 2020 (WAFA) – Twenty-three people have died of coronavirus in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, 1883 new cases were recorded, and 1636 patients have recovered, today said Minister of Health Mai Alkaila. No data was available from East Jerusalem.
She said in her daily report on coronavirus in Palestine that 16 of the deaths were in the West Bank and seven in the Gaza Strip.
She said that 1244 new cases were recorded in the West Bank, including 215 in Hebron district, 261 in Nablus, 128 in Jenin, 108 in Tulkarm, 208 in Ramallah, and 131 in Bethlehem district. A total of 1119 have recovered in the West Bank.
The Gaza Strip recorded 639 new cases and 517 recoveries.
According to the Health Minister 84 patients are in intensive care, among them 25 on respirators.
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