Mai Al-Kailah the Palestinian Minister of Health announced on Friday that 18 deaths 861 new cases of the coronavirus and 1100 recoveries were recorded during the past 24 hours.
Kailah confirmed in a press release that 7 deaths were recorded in the West Bank: Nablus 1 Salfit 3 al-Khalil 1 and Bethlehem 2 in addition to 11 deaths in the Gaza Strip.
The new infections were distributed as follows: Tulkarem 36 the suburbs of Jerusalem 9 Nablus 98 Tubas 17 Jenin 59 Salfit 4 al-Khalil 26 Qalqilya 5 Ramallah and Al-Bireh 29 Bethlehem 6 and the Gaza Strip 572 according to the minister.
She said that the recovery rate of the coronavirus reached 92.4 percent while the rate of active infections reached 6.5 percent and the death rate was 1.1% of all infections.
Kailah pointed out that there are 142 critically ill patients who have been admitted to intensive care units including 40 who have been placed on ventilators.
Regarding the vaccination campaign the minister noted that the total number of people who received the corona vaccine in the West Bank and Gaza Strip reached 257650 including 183999 who received the two doses of the vaccine.
