The Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Al-Kaila announced Tuesday the registration of nine death and 343 new infections with the coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

Two deaths were recorded in Gaza, two in Hebron, two in Tulkarm, one in Bethlehem, one in Jericho and al-Aghwar and one in Jenin.

The cases are:

-55 in Bethlehem

-24 in Jenin

-3 in the suburbs of Jerusalem

-6 in Tubas

-76 in Hebron

-29 in Ramallah and al-Bireh

-3 in Tulkarm

-15 in Nablus

-4 in Jericho and al-Aghwar

-2 in Salfit

-128 in the Gaza Strip

A total of 57 patients are currently receiving care in intensive care rooms, while 97 patients are being treated in centers and departments in hospitals designated to treat COVID-19 patients in the West Bank, including 16 patients on ventilators.