Of those, 36 cases were in occupied Jerusalem, he added.

Doctor Kamal Kahkhrah, who is responsible for COVID-19 in the Ministry of Health, stated that five of those new cases are in Al-Eizariya in East Jerusalem. Two of them are of workers, who work in the occupation state, while three others are of Palestinians in the north-west of Jerusalem.

Shakhrah added that three patients have recovered and they will leave hospitals today, bringing the total recoveries to 64.

He also said that the Ministry of health has made 19250 tests and quarantined 18800 cases since the virus started spreading in the Palestinian territories.

The coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the West Bank on March 5, beginning the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Palestine.

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, with two later diagnosed with the virus.

The first two cases in Gaza City, Gaza were diagnosed on March 21. There have been 13 confirmed cases in the city up to date. (ILKHA)