The Palestinian health ministry on Thursday reported 18 new deaths associated with COVID-11 (coronavirus) 1291 new positive tests and 1642 recoveries in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours.
According to the ministry’s daily report 16 of the new victims who died of the virus are from different areas of the West Bank and two from Gaza.
155 critically ill COVID-19 patients are also receiving intensive care in hospitals and 39 of them have been placed on ventilators.
89.3 percent of the total cases have recovered from the disease while the rate of active cases has reached 9.6 percent and the rate of deaths is 1.1 percent of the total cases according to data updated today by the ministry.
