3 die of covid in Gaza as Palestine sees highest infection rate since May

Three people have died in the Gaza Strip and 486 tested positive for coronavirus over the last 24 hours, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said yesterday.

Eleven critically ill COVID-19 patients are also receiving intensive care in hospitals and two patients have been placed on ventilators, it added.

There were 172 recoveries in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip during that period.

Some 98.1 per cent of the total cases have recovered from the disease, according to data from the ministry.

The occupied Palestinian territories have reported the highest coronavirus infection rates since May.

According to Reuters, at least 1,045,439 doses of covid vaccines have been administered in the area so far. Assuming every person needs two doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 11.2 per cent of the country’s population.

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