12 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Damascus countryside
DAMASCUS, (ST)_ Health Ministry has declared that 12 new Coronavirus cases have been reported.
The ministry said in a statement issued on Thursday that 12 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Ras al-M’arra town in Damascus countryside thus raising the number of infections to 164.
The 12 patients were in close contact with infected people in the same town.
Out of 164 cases, 68 have recovered and 6 have died.
The first case of coronavirus was detected in Syria on March 22nd, 2020.
Basma Qaddour