The Palestinian Authority (PA)

As of the morning of April 2, 2020, there were 143 cases of COVID-19 in Judea and Samaria. In ITIC assessment the real number may be far higher, because it can be assumed that in the absence of broad-scale, methodical testing there are many COVID-19 patients who have not been reported. So far 18 patients have recovered and one woman has died. The data presented below are for the most part based on the daily reports posted by Ibrahim Melhem, spokesman for the PA government, to his Twitter account. The following graph shows the spread of COVID-19 between March 5 and April 2, 2020. Read more...

On March 31, 2020, the number of Palestinian COVID-19 cases rose to 117, 107 in Judea and Samaria and 10 in the Gaza Strip. The cases most recently detected in the PA were a Palestinian worker who returned from Israel and seven Palestinians in the village of Qatanna, northwest of Jerusalem. The village and the Bethlehem area are focal points for the spread of the disease: there are 39 COVID-19 cases in Qatanna and 46 in the Bethlehem area. So far 18 Palestinians have recovered and one has died (Wafa, March 31, 2020; Palestinian TV, QudsN Facebook page, March 30, 2020). Read more...

COVID-19 continues spreading throughout Judea and Samaria. A spokesman for the PA government announced that seven additional cases were reported on March 29, two women from the village of Qibiya and five members of a family in the village of Qatanna (northwest of Jerusalem). Read more...