Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip on Sunday reported 7 new COVID-19 deaths and 409 new infections during the last 24 hours.

In a daily brief on COVID-19 in the coastal enclave, the ministry said that the total number of coronavirus cases in the strip since last March has reached 42,377, including 9,938 active cases and 393 fatalities.

"A total of 280 new COVID-19 patients have recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 32,046" it added.