The Palestinian health ministry on Tuesday reported 10 new deaths associated with COVID-11 (coronavirus), 660 new positive tests and 913 recoveries in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours.

According to the ministry’s daily report, five of the new victims who died of the virus are from the Gaza Strip, three from Jerusalem and two from al-Khalil in the West Bank.

66 critically ill COVID-19 patients are also receiving intensive care in hospitals and 16 of them have been placed on ventilators.

93.7 percent of the total cases have recovered from the disease, while the rate of active cases has reached 5.2 percent and the rate of deaths is 1.1 percent of the total cases, according to data updated today by the ministry.

 

Source: The Palestinian Information Center