Damascus,Health Ministry announced on Thursday that 273 new coronavirus cases were registered in Syria, adding that 80 patients recovered while 9 passed away.

In a statement to SANA? the Ministry added that the total number of the reported coronavirus cases in Syria has reached up to 38,067 till now, of which 24,800 have recovered, while 2,375 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.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency