COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the West Bank on 5 March 2020, beginning the COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine. 

Cases
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.

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
The table below shows the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Governorates of Palestine.

+COVID-19 in Palestine by Governorate as of 12 May 2020 Governorate Cases Deaths Recoveries Active CasesBethlehem Governorate 59 0 41 18Gaza Strip 20 0 14 6Hebron Governorate 60 0 12 48Jenin Governorate 4 1 0 3Jericho Governorate 1 0 1 0Jerusalem Governorate 140 1 68 71Nablus Governorate 7 0 4 3Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate 77 0 36 41Salfit Governorate 1 0 0 1Tulkarm Governorate 6 0 0 6Total (12 Governorates) 375 4 176 197

Related pages
 COVID-19 pandemic in the Gaza Strip

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