The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced today, Sunday, that it had recorded two deaths and 1628 new cases of Coronavirus after conducting 3728 laboratory tests during the past 24 hours, which is equivalent to 44%, which is the highest rate of Corona infections since it entered Gaza more than a year ago.
In its daily statement, the Ministry of Health confirmed that two deaths had been recorded in its hospitals, bringing the number to 630 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The Ministry of Health indicated that 272 new cases of those infected with Coronavirus have recovered, bringing the total of those recovering to 58,071 cases.
She said that a cumulative total of 70,435 injured cases was reported, while the number of active cases reached 11,734.
She explained that the total number of cases that need medical care in the hospital is 257, while the total of severe and critical cases is 166.
Officials at the Ministry of Health in Gaza expected that the number of real cases will be five times what was announced during the past twenty-four hours, stressing that the peak of the epidemic will be between the tenth and twenty of this April.