According to health minister Mai al-Kaila, the new victims, who died of coronavirus, are elderlies from Balata refugee camp near Nablus city, Beit Furik town in southeastern Nablus, Dura town in southern a-Khalil, Qalqilya, and Ras Karkar in the Ramallah and Bireh province.

108 of the new COVID-19 patients are from the Gaza Strip and the others are from the West Bank.

70.9 percent of the total cases have recovered from the disease, while the rate of the active cases is 28.5 percent and the rate of deaths is 0.6 percent of the total cases.

35 critically ill patients have also been admitted to intensive care units, and eight of them have been placed on ventilators, according to the minister.

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