COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine
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| COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine | |
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 Empty streets in Salfit in March 2020 | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | State of Palestine |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Bethlehem |
| Arrival date | 5 March 2020 (Duration, 4 years, 9 months and 3 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 375 |
| Active cases | 63 |
| Recovered | 310 |
Deaths | 2 |
| Government website | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the West Bank on 5 March 2020, beginning the COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine.[1]
Cases
[change | change source]The Palestinian health ministry said the cases had first been detected at a hotel in the Bethlehem area, where a group of Greek tourists had visited the hotel in late February. Two of them were later diagnosed with the virus.[2]
The first two cases in Gaza City, Gaza were diagnosed on 21 March. There are 20 cases as of 13 May 2020, 14 of whom have recovered as of the same date.
Statistics
[change | change source]The table below shows the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Governorates of Palestine.[3]
| Governorate | Cases | Deaths | Recoveries | Active Cases |
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| Bethlehem Governorate | 59 | 0 | 41 | 18 |
| Gaza Strip[a] | 20 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| Hebron Governorate | 60 | 0 | 12 | 48 |
| Jenin Governorate | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jericho Governorate | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerusalem Governorate | 140 | 1 | 68 | 71 |
| Nablus Governorate | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate | 77 | 0 | 36 | 41 |
| Salfit Governorate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tulkarm Governorate | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total (12 Governorates) | 375 | 4 | 176 | 197 |
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[change | change source]Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Includes Deir el-Balah and Khan Yunis governorates.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "West Bank confirms 7 coronavirus cases in Bethlehem". Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ↑ Ed Batsh, Majeda (5 March 2020). "Palestinians confirm 7 coronavirus cases, declare tourist ban". Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ "Details". corona.ps.
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