7 deaths and 1,530 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in northwest Syria

Yesterday, northwestern Syria recorded 1,530 new infections with the emerging coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 44,740 since the virus began spreading.

According to the report issued by the Epidemiological Surveillance Laboratory of the Early Warning Network, 1530 cases of coronavirus were recorded yesterday, after 3,311 new analyzes were conducted, while the recovery cases rose to 25,761 cases after 262 cases of recovery were recorded, 119 of them in Idlib Governorate, and 143 cases in the regions of “Olive Branch” and “Euphrates Shield” north and east of Aleppo.

The infections were distributed among the cities and towns of Idlib governorate, so that the governorate recorded 1034 new infections in a high curve for the number of infections during the current month, including 523 cases in the Harem area and 307 in the city of Idlib, while the cities and towns of the northern and eastern Aleppo countryside recorded 496 cases, 222 of them in the Afrin area and 103 cases in Azaz region.

The observatory indicated that 22 cases of Covid-19 were recorded for workers in the health sector, while 13 cases were accepted in hospitals, all of whom were not vaccinated with the first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine, noting that 181 cases were registered for the displaced within the camps in northwestern Syria.

According to the observatory, the number of deaths related to the virus rose to 804, after 7 deaths were recorded on the fourth of this month.

The vaccination campaign against the Corona virus continues in northwestern Syria, and the Idlib Health Directorate said: “More than 23,000 people have received the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine since the start of the campaign.”

Dozens of medical organizations and bodies operating in northwestern Syria issued a statement yesterday, calling on citizens to adhere to the measures to prevent corona virus and receive the vaccine, especially with the significant increase in the number of infections in recent weeks.