麻豆APP

occupied Palestinian territory, issued 23?July?2020
Information for period: 5 March – 23?July?2020

Highlights

• The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 continues to surge in the West Bank with an average of?396?new cases per day since July 1
• On July 23, the oPt experienced?record number of confirmed cases in one day at 596

WHO is continuing to work with partners to support Ministry of Health’s (MoH) efforts to respond to the COVID-19 situation.

• The Humanitarian Coordinator and key partners continue efforts to address the clearance of humanitarian shipments and to coordinate access of medical referral patients from Gaza to?essential services outside following the suspension of bilateral agreements and coordination in response to Israel’s threatened annexation of parts of the occupied West?Bank.

• A preparedness capacity building session for representatives of?the?Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) in the Gaza Strip was organized by the Health Cluster, in partnership with OCHA and the Ministry of Health on July 21?(see below). The ECC is a hub for coordinating and facilitating the inter-agency humanitarian action on the ground between UN actors, national and international organizations and local authorities at times of crisis.

• The WHO risk assessment remains very high for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
• The number of people testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 continues to increase
• The total number of cases is?11,875?including?11,800?cases?in the West Bank and?75?in the Gaza Strip,?with?three?new cases reported in Gaza in this period
• Since 1 July (to?23?July) the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) has averaged 396?cases per day, with?9,110?new cases and?61?fatalities
• Most cases recorded are from Hebron (6,789), East Jerusalem (2,131),?Jerusalem (784), Ramallah (654),?Bethlehem (576),?Nablus (339)?and Qalqilya (143).?Other governorates (Salfit, Tubas,?Tulkarm and?Jenin) continue to record low case numbers.
• A total of 81 health workers are among those confirmed cases
• Sixteen?patients are in a serious condition, with?four?patients requiring mechanical ventilation (as?of?23?July)
• To-date, the?Ministry of?Health (MoH) reported a total of 3,394?cases have recovered: 3,326?in the West Bank (including 674 in East Jerusalem)?and 68?in Gaza.?Seventy?people have died, with an overall case fatality rate (CFR) of 0.59%
• Less than half (47%) of all confirmed cases are male (4,388?cases) and about 81.6% of all cases (7,332?cases) are below the age of 50 years in the oPt, excluding East Jerusalem.

• A total of 172,382?laboratory samples have been tested for COVID-19 according to the?MoH, with?13,634?samples tested in the Gaza Strip.

• 23,261 Palestinians are in quarantine (home or facility-based) to prevent further spread of the disease
• In the Gaza Strip, ?259?people are in one of the five quarantine facilities which include health facilities,?hotels or other designated buildings
• WHO delivered three types of essential medical equipment to local health authorities to equip five new dedicated COVID-19 respiratory triage centers in key hospitals across the Gaza Strip on July 17. The Centers are designed to ensure that all suspected COVID-19 patients are adequately assessed and managed, separate from other patients in emergency departments to ensure containment and prevent further spread of COVID-19. The equipment is the first part of a larger incoming consignment of medical items which WHO is procuring. The delivery was made possible thanks to the generous support of UK Aid.

• As of July?23?(12:00), the?PA?Ministry of Health reported?2,131?COVID-19 cases in East Jerusalem. Three deaths have been reported?(CFR- 0.14%)?and 174 have recovered in the same period
• As of July 20, 16 patients?are being?treated in?three?designated COVID-19 hospitals?in East Jerusalem?including?five?patients?at?Augusta Victoria?Hospital,?seven?at St. Joseph?Hospital, and?four?at?Makassed?Hospital. Over the?past?two weeks,?Makassed?Hospital?received 14?patients?with?COVID-19,?discharged?12 and?2?have recovered?(as of July 22)
• In these designated hospitals in East Jerusalem, 19?health?workers have tested positive for COVID-19 and 35 are under quarantine.