RAMALLAH,
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 (WAFA) – Palestine today confirmed 2,645 new
Covid-19 cases and 14 death cases, according to Health Minister Mai Alkaila.
She
announced that 2,645 Palestinians tested positive for the highly contagious
virus and 14 others died of it in the occupied territories.
As
part of the 2,645 new cases, 1,041 cases were registered in the West Bank and
1,604 others in the Gaza Strip.
She
identified the death cases as five deaths from the West Bank and nine others
from the Gaza Strip.
She
added that 1,612 Covid-19 patients recovered; 823 recovery cases in the West
Bank and 789 others in the Gaza Strip.
She
pointed that 67 Covid-19 patients are getting treatment in intensive care units
and 160 others are currently receiving treatment at hospitals and Covid-19
dispensaries, including 13 who are intubated.
She
said that the recovery rate in Palestine has so far reached 91.1 percent and
the active cases account for 7.9 percent. The death toll stood at 1 percent of
total infections.
Regarding
the Covid-19 vaccination rollout, al-Kaileh said that
1,168,458 people have been so far vaccinated in the occupied territories;
825,871 people in the West Bank and 342,587 others in Gaza. A total of 477,125
people received the second dose of the vaccine.
K.F.
