A municipal worker conducts disinfection inside a mosque in Beit Sahour near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, June 15, 2020. Palestine on Monday confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the West Bank, bringing the total number in the Palestinian territories to 686. (Photo by Luay Sababa/Xinhua)
RAMALLAH, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Palestine on Monday confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the West Bank, bringing the total number in the Palestinian territories to 686.
One of the new cases was detected in Dar Salah town in the Bethlehem district, the first case since the district was declared free of coronavirus on May 10, Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said in a press statement.
Medical workers of the health ministry are carrying out COVID-19 tests in Dar Salah which has been placed under lockdown by Governor of Bethlehem Kamel Hmeid, according to al-Kaila.
The other nine new cases, including six children, are from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the minister said.
It is worth noting that two of the new patients contracted the virus at their workplace inside Israel, while eight others are contacts with the confirmed cases in their towns.
Health officials said the overall recovery rate in the Palestinian territories is close to 88 percent.
