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RAMALLAH, July 7 (KUNA) -- The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Tuesday it recorded 306 new cases of coronavirus in the West Bank in the last 24 hours, the majority in the Hebron town, raising the overall total in Palestine to 5,092.
According to the official Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), the Ministryآ’s said in its daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in Palestine that out of the 306 cases, 278 were in Hebron in the south of the West Bank, the current epicenter of the disease in Palestine, eight in the Jerusalem area, eight in the towns of Bethlehem and Ramallah, four in Tulkarm and two in Nablus.
A total of 23 patients are in intensive care in various locations in the West Bank, said the Ministry, including six kept on respirators. Of the 23 cases, nine are in Hebron, two in Nablus, seven in Bethlehem, and five in Ramallah.
The Ministry said three patients have recovered in Nablus, bringing the overall total of recoveries in Palestine to 668, 434 of them in the West Bank, 60 in the Gaza Strip and 174 in Jerusalem, and 22 deaths total 17 of them in the West Bank, one in Gaza and four in Jerusalem. (end)
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