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• This report compares two months: the period 15 June to 15 July 2021, to the period 16 July to 15 August 2021.
• Ministry of Health (MOH) stopped random testing in areas with high previous infection rates or high vaccination coverage, while focusing on testing suspected cases, and a small number of contacts.
• MOH has increased the use of rapid test for suspected cases while SARS-COV2-PCR is currently used mainly for unconfirmed cases and for travelers.
• Decrease in total number of conducted tests (both COVID-19 Antigen Rapid test and SARS-COV2-PCR test) from 21955 between 15 June-15 July 2021, to 20144 between 16 July-105 Aug.
• Despite the decreasing in number of tests performed, there is an increase in number of newly reported COVID-19 cases: from 3288 between 15 June-15 July 2021, to 3,458 between 16 July-15 Aug.
• Increase in incidence rate of COVID-19 infection per 100,000 population in three districts (North, Gaza, and Khanunis districts) while decrease in incidence rate in Rafah and Middle districts (Figures 2 and 3).
• Since the MOH stopped random testing, they stopped working on traffic light system and the distribution of cases on a map.