The Palestinian health ministry on Thursday reported five new deaths associated with COVID-19 (coronavirus) 275 new positive tests and 781 recoveries in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the last 24 hours.
According to the ministry’s daily report three of the victims who died of the virus are from the West Bank and two others from Gaza.
Moreover 58 critically ill COVID-19 patients are being treated in intensive care units and 11 of them have been placed on ventilators.
An additional 108 patients are also receiving medical care in hospitals and special COVID-19 treatment centers in the West Bank.
96.4 percent of the total cases have recovered from the disease while the rate of active cases has reached 2.6 percent and the rate of deaths is 1.0 percent of the total cases according to data updated today by the ministry.
In a related context the number of new COVID-19 cases recorded daily in Palestine decreased but deaths are still on the rise Palestinian health minister Mai al-Kaila said in a radio broadcast today.
According to Kaila the high number of deaths denotes that the new variant of the virus known as Delta is widespread in Palestine.
“An 18-year-old girl died from the virus although she did not have any previous diseases. She stayed in the hospital for 14 days” the minister said.
She pointed out that some citizens who received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine died adding that vaccination provides 94 percent protection from the virus.
