The Palestinian health ministry on Saturday reported nine new deaths associated with COVID-11 (coronavirus) 515 new positive tests and 3001 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 new victims who died of the virus are from the West Bank two from Gaza and one from Jerusalem.
58 critically ill COVID-19 patients are also receiving intensive care in hospitals and 20 of them have been placed on ventilators.
93.9 percent of the total cases have recovered from the disease while the rate of active cases has reached 5 percent and the rate of deaths is 1.1 percent of the total cases according to data updated today by the ministry.
