The Palestinian health ministry on Sunday reported five new deaths associated with COVID-19 (coronavirus) 175 new positive tests and 189 recoveries in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours.
According to the ministry’s daily report two of the victims who died of the virus are from the West Bank and three from Gaza.
Moreover 40 critically ill COVID-19 patients are being treated in intensive care units and nine of them have been placed on ventilators.
An additional 73 patients are also receiving medical care in hospitals and special COVID-19 treatment centers in the West Bank.
98.3 percent of the total cases have recovered from the disease while the rate of active cases has reached 0.6 percent and the rate of deaths is 1.0 percent of the total cases according to data updated today by the ministry.
