Fourteen die of COVID-19 in Palestine as number of new cases reach 1485

Fourteen people have died in Palestine in the last 24 hours of COVID-19 as 1485 new cases were recorded, today said Minister of Health Mai Alkaila.

She said in her daily report on the pandemic in Palestine that nine deaths were confirmed in the Gaza Strip while 1007 new cases were recorded and 900 patients recovered.

The West Bank had five deaths, 478 new cases and 1069 recoveries.

Alkaila said 171 people are in hospitals after contracting the COVID-19 disease and 72 are in intensive care, while 15 people are on ventilators.

A total of 1,202,482 people have been vaccinated against the disease in Palestine, including 499,118 people have received a second dose.

The West Bank had a rate of 48.8% vaccinations and Gaza 27.6% vaccinated people.

Recoveries in Palestine since the outbreak of the pandemic in March of last year has reached 91% of the total cases, while 8% are currently active and 1% have died.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency