The number of coronavirus victims among Palestinian communities abroad has hit 341, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that an elderly Palestinian woman died on Monday of coronavirus in Turkey. She was identified as Nadia al-Hamidi, 60.

So far, COVID-19 claimed the lives of 14 Palestinian refugees in Turkey.

The ministry recorded 27 new cases of Covid-19 among Palestinians in the US, in addition to three new cases in the United Kingdom.

A total of 8,849 Palestinians have tested positive for coronavirus in the diaspora, said the ministry.