79 Palestinians Succumb to Coronavirus Abroad, Over 1,462 Contract Virus

79 Palestinians Succumb to Coronavirus Abroad, Over 1,462 Contract Virus

The novel coronavirus continues to ravage the United States, where the official death toll is rapidly approaching 90,000.

79 Palestinian refugees have died of COVID-19 abroad and 1,462 others have been infected with the virus, the Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry said on Thursday.

The ministry said in a statement that there are 1,462 confirmed coronavirus cases, 79 fatalities and 682 recovery cases among Palestinians in the diaspora.

According to the ministry’s database, 17 more Palestinians in the US tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of reported COVID-19 infections among Palestinian refugees in the country to 755 and deaths to 48.

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