Palestinian health authorities say they have confirmed 557 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, as the number of active cases reaches 12,698 across the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian Authority Health Minister Mai al-Kaila says that the PA is running out of coronavirus tests. Current stockpiles will last for only around the next three days, al-Kaila says.
For most of the second wave of coronavirus among Palestinians, Hebron led the West Bank in active infections. Now, however, the cases are far more evenly distributed: Ramallah-Al Bireh governorate has 1,909 infections, Hebron has 1,780, and Bethlehem has 1,767, with the remaining cases scattered more or less evenly around the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
In Gaza, the number of active cases has begun to fall. Health authorities in the Hamas-run coastal enclave confirm 45 new cases in the past 24 hours.
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