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RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (KUNA) -- Palestinian Health Minister May Al-Kaila declared on Friday that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) took lives of five people and more than 514 others tested positive for the virus.
Al-Kaila also stated in a statement that death cases rose up to 97, while infections tally upped to 17,984 cases.
Recovered cases also went up by 53 percent, whereas infections went down by 46 percent, she added. (end)
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