The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry announces that 576 new cases of coronavirus have been identified among Palestinians in the past 24 hours.
According to the PA, 199 cases were recorded in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, the highest single-day increase since the pandemic hit the coastal enclave in late August. Another 377 cases were identified in the Palestinian Authority-controlled West Bank.
The number of daily coronavirus infections has been high but relatively stable over the past few months, ranging mostly between 400 and 600 new cases per day.
Even Palestinian health officials, however, have publicly acknowledged that the official numbers do not match the reality on the ground. While the West Bank has a population of nearly 3 million Palestinians, the PA Health Ministry only conducts 3,000-5,000 tests per day.
The Health Ministry says it conducted 4,212 tests in the past 24 hours, for an overall positivity rate of 14 percent.
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