Ramallah, December 18, 2021, SPA -- Palestine recorded 165 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), 5 new deaths and 346 recoveries in all Palestinian governorates, in the past 24 hours. The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated today that the rate of recovery reached 98.2%, while the rate of active cases reached 0.8%, adding that the death rate is 1%. --SPA 19:50 LOCAL TIME 16:50 GMT 0021 www.spa.gov.sa/w1666977