Health Ministry: 262 new coronavirus cases recorded, 65 recover, 8 pass away

Damascus, SANA-Health Ministry announced on Thursday that 262 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Syria, 65 persons have recovered while 8 passed away.

The Ministry added that the total number of the reported coronavirus cases in Syria has reached up to 36,160, of which 24,299 have recovered, while 2,314 have passed away.

The first coronavirus case was detected in Syria on March 22nd in a person who came from abroad, while the first fatality was registered on the 29th of the same month.

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