RAMALLAH, Monday, December 28, 2020 (WAFA) – Palestine recorded 26 deaths from coronavirus, 1363 new infections, and 1638 recoveries in the last 24 hours, today said Minister of Health Mai Alkaila.

She said in her daily report documenting coronavirus cases in Palestine that 16 of the deaths were in the West Bank, seven in the Gaza Strip, and three in East Jerusalem.

The West Bank had 740 new cases, of them 209 were in the Ramallah district, 104 in the Nablus area, and 116 in the Hebron district, and 848 recoveries.

The Gaza Strip had 477 new cases and 702 recoveries, while East Jerusalem had 146 new cases and 88 recoveries.

Alkaila said 123 patients are currently getting treatment in intensive care units, 29 of them are on ventilators.

An estimated 83.4 percent of the people who got the disease since it was first detected in Palestine in March have recovered, 15.7 percent are still active, and 1 percent have died.

M.K.