One death and 156 new infections of coronavirus in Gaza

One death and 156 new infections of coronavirus in Gaza

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced this morning, Saturday, that it had recorded a death and 156 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours.

The ministry stated in its daily report that Halima Hassan Abu al-Khair (70 years), a resident of Gaza, died as a result of infection with the virus, after she was receiving treatment in intensive care at the Shifa Medical Complex, knowing that she suffers from hypertension, diabetes and heart diseases.

And it indicated that 77 new recoveries from the virus were recorded.

It stated that the central laboratory examined 2,187 new samples during the same period.

The total number of people infected with the virus in the Gaza Strip since last March has reached 5,331, including 2015 active cases, 3,285 recoveries, and 31 deaths.