Palestinians report record 10 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

8 September 2020, 3:24 pm

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Palestinians recorded 717 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours and a record ten deaths, according to the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry.

Around 177 cases were reported in Arab areas of East Jerusalem, while another 118 were confirmed in the Gaza Strip. While Hebron and East Jerusalem were once the centers of the pandemic — with other areas registering only a handful of cases per day — the distribution is more even. Nablus registers 75 new cases, and Ramallah has 60 new infections.

There are currently 11,000 active cases among Palestinians, and 215 have died since the beginning of the pandemic.

— Aaron Boxerman