RAMALLAH, Saturday, January 16, 2021 (WAFA) - Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry today recorded 18 new coronavirus cases and one fatality among Palestinians in the diaspora.
The Ministry said in a press statement that 18 Palestinians in the US contracted the virus, bringing the total confirmed cases among Palestinians there to 6275.
A Palestinian also died from the disease in the US, bringing the total deaths there to 113.
The confirmed cases and deaths among the Palestinian diaspora reached 9236 and 355 respectively, said the Ministry.
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