Latest coronavirus figures in Palestine show a drop in deaths, rise in number of new cases

One person died of coronavirus in Palestine in the last 24 hours and 337 new cases were confirmed, today said Minister of Health Mai Alkaila.

She said that one person died in the Gaza Strip while 114 new cases were confirmed and 117 recovered. The West Bank had 223 new cases and 130 corona patients have recovered.

Alkaila said 92 corona patients are hospitalized, and 58 are in intensive care, while 12 patients are on ventilators.

A total of 1,457,050 people has received two shots of the corona vaccine so far in Palestine and 143,336 have received the booster shot, most of them in the West Bank.

Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA