RAMALLAH, Saturday, December 26, 2020 (WAFA) – Twenty-one deaths related to coronavirus, 1306 new cases, and 1400 recoveries were recorded in the last 24 hours in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to Minister of Health Mai Alkaila. No data was available from East Jerusalem.

She said in her daily report on coronavirus in Palestine that 12 of the deaths were in the Gaza Strip, the highest single-day deaths in Gaza due to coronavirus so far, and nine in the West Bank.

The Gaza Strip recorded 792 new cases and 405 recoveries, while the West Bank recorded 514 new cases and 995 recoveries, said Alkaila.

Ramallah district had the highest number of new cases in the West Bank and reached 103, followed by Nablus 68, Tulkarm and Jenin 61 each, and Bethlehem 47.

According to the Health Minister, 121 corona patients are getting treatment in intensive care units, among them 30 are on ventilators.

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