The Palestinian health ministry on Thursday reported 20 new deaths associated with COVID-11 (coronavirus), 2,353 new positive tests and 1,956 recoveries in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours.

According to the ministry’s daily report, 11 of the new victims who died of the virus are from different areas of the West Bank, two from Jerusalem and seven from Gaza.

209 critically ill COVID-19 patients are also receiving intensive care in hospitals and 67 of them have been placed on ventilators.

89.6 percent of the total cases have recovered from the disease, while the rate of active cases has reached 9.3 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