RAMALLAH, Saturday, January 16, 2021 (WAFA) – Thirteen people have died of coronavirus in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, 427 new cases were recorded, and 847 have recovered, today said Minister of Health Mai Alkaila in her daily report on coronavirus in Palestine. No data was available from East Jerusalem.

She said that nine people died in the West Bank and four in the Gaza Strip.

The West Bank recorded 143 new cases, of which 28 were in the Ramallah district, 20 in Nablus, and 18 in Hebron, while 442 patients have recovered.

The Gaza Strip recorded 284 new cases and 405 recoveries.

Alkaila said 87 patients remain in intensive care, including 21 on ventilators.

M.K.