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Follow Mar. 10, 2021 The West Bank has seen a rise in coronavirus cases over the past few days, overwhelming hospitals in the Palestinian Authority. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Tuesday that most West Bank hospitals are at more than 100 percent capacity including intensive care wards. The government has closed off the districts of Bethlehem, Nablus, Qalqilyah and Jenin in an attempt to stop the spread of the pandemic. A World Health Organization report released Thursday on the pandemic in the West Bank noted a rise of 38 percent in infections and 61 percent in deaths in the week compared to the week before the report was published. The highest rate of infection is in Ramallah (17 percent), followed by Hebron (14 percent), East Jerusalem (12.3 percent), Nablus (11.7 percent), Bethlehem (10.1 percent) and Tul Karm (5.3 percent). According to the report, 90.5 percent of beds in hospitals earmarked for COVID-19 patients are taken, and 93 percent of intensive care

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