An-Najah News -  The Palestinian Authority's prisoners and Ex-Detainees Commission annouced a new coronavirous case between the palestinian prisnoers after  a sick Palestinian political detainee at the Israeli prison of Gilboa has been tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus)

KAmel Abu Wa'ar, who is suffering from throat cancer and is serving a life sentence, was recently taken by prison authorities to a hospital in Ramle due to his deteriorating health condition, where he was tested positive for COVID-19.

The Commission has requested information from the Israeli Prison Service regarding the medical condition of Abu Wa'ar and demanded the occupation authorities to immediately release him.  
 

An-Najah News - 349 new coronavirus cases and one death were announced today by the Ministry of Health raising the total number of confirmed cases and the death toll in the occupied territories since the pandemic outbreak to 7037 and 37 respectively.

 166 of the new cases were recorded in the Hebron district, 105 in East Jerusalem, 49 in Ramallah, 11 in Bethlehem, seven in Nablus, and six in Tulkarm.

The number of active cases now stands at 5763.