16 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 9 september: the ministry of health announced 62 new cases, 20 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 10 september: the ministry of health announced 65 new cases, 17 recoveries, and 4 deaths. 11 september: the ministry of health announced 60 new cases, 15 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 12 september: the ministry of health announced 30 new cases, 15 recoveries, and two deaths. 13 september: the ministry of health announced 34 new cases, 15 recoveries, and 3 deaths. nearly 3.7 million students go back to schools. 14 september: the ministry of health announced 36 new cases, 16 recoveries, and two deaths. 15 september: the ministry of health announced 38 new cases, 13 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 16 september: the ministry of health announced 40 new cases, 18 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 17 september: the ministry of health announced 37 new cases, 14 recoveries, and two deaths. 18 september: the ministry of health announced 40 new cases, 15 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 19 september: the ministry of health announced 34 new cases, 14 recoveries, and two deaths. 20 september: the ministry of health announced 35 new cases, 14 recoveries, and two deaths. an official in the ministry of education said that the ministry was informed that a fifth grade female student (11 years) in a school in damascus tested positive for covid-19 after experiencing respiratory symptoms. the official said that the infection came to the student from outside the school because she has been experiencing symptoms since the week before schools opening, in addition to the student having confirmed covid-19 cases in her family. the official added that the student's sister was also experiencing symptoms. and proper measures were taken regarding the class and the teacher. 21 september: the ministry of health announced 33 new cases, 17 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 22 september: the ministry of health announced 44 new cases, 20 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 23 september: the ministry of health announced 47 new cases, 15 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 24 september: the ministry of health announced 42 new cases, 15 recoveries, and two deaths. 25 september: the ministry of health announced 35 new cases, 15 recoveries, and two deaths. 26 september: the ministry of health announced 37 new cases, 20 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 27 september: the ministry of health announced 34 new cases, 14 recoveries, and 4 deaths. 28 september: the ministry of health announced 30 new cases, 12 recoveries, and two deaths. 29 september: the ministry of health announced 46 new cases, 14 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 30 september: the ministry of health announced 52 new cases, 15 recoveries, and 3 deaths. october 2020 1 october: the ministry of health announced 47 new cases, 14 recoveries, and two deaths. 2 october: the ministry of health announced 42 new cases, 13 recoveries, and one death. 3 october: the ministry of health announced 40 new cases, 13 recoveries, and one death. 4 october: the ministry of health announced 37 new cases, 12 recoveries, and one death. 5 october: the ministry of health announced 45 new cases, 13 recoveries, and two deaths. 6 october: the ministry of health announced 46 new cases, 15 recoveries, and two deaths. 7 october: the ministry of health announced 47 new cases, 15 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 8 october: the ministry of health announced 62 new cases, 14 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 9 october: the ministry of health announced 50 new cases, 23 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 10 october: the ministry of health announced 57 new cases, 36 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 11 october: the ministry of health announced 45 new cases, 25 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 12 october: the ministry of health announced 56 new cases, 35 recoveries, and 4 deaths. 13 october: the ministry of health announced 52 new cases, 33 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 14 october: the ministry of health announced 57 new cases, 25 recoveries, and 3 deaths. 15 october: the ministry of health announced 48 new cases, 36 recoveries, and 4 deaths. november 2020 march 2021 in march 2021, world health organization said that it is planning to vaccinate 20% of the syrian population by the end of 2021, noting that around 224000 astrazeneca vaccines will arrive from india and 912000 others will arrive later. april 2021 on 22 april, more than 256,800 doses of the astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine arrived in syria under the united nations covax program. these doses are aimed at inoculating the country's frontline health workers. confirmed cases charts confirmed new cases per day confirmed deaths per day covid-19 cases in syrian governorates covid-19 cases in syrian governorates (only cases reported by government - see notes) governoratereported cases recoveries deaths active cases damascus6,9444,9157161,313 aleppo 5,356 3,430 344 1,582 latakia5,1823,6262531,303 homs3,5252,700304521 rif dimashq3,1762,55039587 tartus2,1141,693216205 daraa1,5451,30271172 hama1,4971,05458385 as-suwayda1,4361,24294100 quneitra5904853075 deir ez-zor43723056151 hasaka 305 127 4 174 raqqa242220 idlib 7 7 0 0 total 32,168 23,383 2,187 6,568 information by the ministry of health as of 25 september cases by source of the virus covid-19 cases in syria by source of infection source of infection cases source of infection unknown 11,699 work place infection 516 had contact with a confirmed case 276 came from outside the country 169 information by the ministry of health as of 20 february. confirmed cases not included in the official count a 53-year-old male resident of syria's kurdish-administered northeast died in early april of covid-19, according to an email from the world health organization (who) obtained by the associated press on 17 april. the death in the city of qamishli was not reported by the syrian government, and is the first to be traced back to the northeast, a region that has restricted access to outside assistance and where testing capabilities are unavailable. it is not clear why the death, although reported to who, was not added to the syrian government's official tally. the man, who had no travel history outside the country, died in a government-run hospital in qamishli and was tested positive in a damascus government lab (the results came back the same day he died), but kurdish authorities in the region were not notified. the alleged document that hasaka's director of agriculture is supposedly informing the governor that the results of a covid-19 test for an employee there came back positive. on 28 april, an image of a document claimed to be from hasaka's official directorate of agriculture circulated on the internet. in the document, the director of agriculture is supposedly informing hasaka's governor that the results of a covid-19 test for an employee in the directorate came back positive and that the employee's job was accounting and handing employees their monthly salaries, and that he had contact with many people and co-workers at a time when he was believed to have the virus. but the employee's case was not added to the syrian government's official covid-19 cases count. a doctor in his 30s working at bab al-hawa hospital in idlib near the turkish border was tested positive on 9 july after he experienced symptoms and asked to be tested. but the syrian government did not report the case because it's in a rebel-held territory. two more cases were registered in rebel-held idlib the next day. later, the number of cases reached 4. news networks reported that the autonomous administration of north and east syria reported four cases; three in qamishli and one al-hasakah. on 4 august, some local news networks said that the number of cases in the kurdish-led northeastern region of rojava has reached 54 including cases in aleppo governorate. by november 2020, 8,139 cases were reported in opposition held areas northwest syria, and 3,948 cases were reported in autonomous administration of north and east syria. resources and facilities testing during july and going through august, many individuals and organizations saw that the government has lost control over the covid-19 situation. the ministry of health itself said many times that its testing capabilities are not enough, and that many asymptomatic and symptomatic cases may go unnoticed because it's not possible to do widespread or random testing. many local news networks and organizations said that hospitals are even refusing to admit patients with mild symptoms, and only accept those who need critical and intensive care. some hospitals announced in early august that they have no more places for covid-19 patients to be admitted, and asked anyone who suspects of being infected to self-quarantine at home instead of going to hospital. the syrian government claims that the ongoing civil war, combined with the economic situation in syria and sanctions by western governments, limit the capacity in which adequate covid-19 pcr tests can be conducted and prevent vital supplies for treating and managing the pandemic from being imported. health care professionals claimed the country was overwhelmed by cases and that the government had engaged in an intimidation campaign to suppress information of the outbreak. according to human rights watch, the syrian government failed to protect health workers at the front line of coronavirus disease (covid-19) in the government-held territory. who has provided the syrian government with 4.4 million items of ppe, including medical and respirator masks, gloves. however, doctors and nurses operating in government-held areas said that there were still severe shortages of supplies, particularly in rural areas. according to the syrian ministry of health, there are six labs that are able to test for the coronavirus located in four governorates. institutional quarantine according to the syrian ministry of health, there are 33 quarantine centers for suspected covid-19 cases located in 13 governorates (all governorates except idlib). treatment centers according to the syrian ministry of health, there are 21 treatment centers dedicated for covid-19 patients located in 12 governorates. quarantine and isolation according to the state media organization sana, the ministry of health started quarantining suspected cases and people coming from outside the country in free-of-charge dedicated quarantine facilities from 5 february 2020. quarantined cases in syrian governorates governoratepeople still in quarantine discharged from quarantine total rif dimashq013,89513,895 homs02,0372,037 damascus01.9251,925 aleppo01,4081,408 hama01,2611,261 tartus0957957 hasaka0750750 as-suwayda0555555 latakia0478478 deir ez-zor0357357 quneitra0267267 daraa0194194 raqqa07070 idlibno quarantine centers–– total 0 24,154 24,154 information from the ministry of health as of 25 september. notes the suspension was originally set to end on 2 april, but it was delayed many times until the government decided to end the second semester for all school students and let them pass on the first semester's test results. universities reopened on 31 may 2020. the suspension was originally set to expire on 23 may. the reopening date was later changed. date was later changed. later, the government decided to extend the curfew during fridays and saturdays to be from 12 p.m. to 6 a.m starting 3 april 2020. after that, curfew in all week-days was reduced to be from 7:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. during the holy islamic month of ramadan, which started 24 april 2020, and eid, which started 24 may 2020. the curfew was later canceled completely starting 26 may 2020. various exception periods were set later. see 2 april for later info. a 12-hours curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m was already imposed since wednesday 25 march 2020. later, the government decided to extend the curfew during fridays and saturdays to be from 12 p.m. to 6 a.m starting 3 april 2020. after that, curfew in all week-days was reduced to be from 7:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. during the holy islamic month of ramadan, which started 24 april 2020, and eid, which started 24 may 2020. the curfew was later canceled completely starting 26 may 2020. the person tested negative the next day. (see 24 may). - this was initially believed to be the first case in as-suwayda governorate.- this is case number 123.- clarifications on this were made later the same day. after this statement, the ministry of health's official covid-19 website changed the number of cases in damascus from 87 to 86 and in as-suwayda from 1 to 2, with the total remaining 123. the government also did a similar change in the data from as-suwayda the day before, after a statement from health officials there. (see the notes in 1 june). after that, the ministry of health put the sources of infection of the cases as: 6 "contacted with a confirmed case", and one "came from outside the country". the death