The Palestinian health ministry reported on Saturday eight new deaths associated with COVID-19 (coronavirus) 3051 new positive tests and 7375 recoveries in the West Bank Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours.
According to the ministry’s daily report six of the victims who died of the virus are from the West Bank and two others from Gaza.
Moreover 105 critically ill COVID-19 patients are being treated in intensive care units and 26 of them have been placed on ventilators.
An additional 264 patients are also receiving medical care in hospitals and special COVID-19 treatment centers in the West Bank.
86.8 percent of the total cases have recovered from the disease while the rate of active cases has reached 12.3 percent and the rate of deaths is 0.9 percent of the total cases according to data updated today by the ministry.
