According to Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that the 7 new infected cases were among persons who had been in contact with the infected persons in Ras al-Ma’ara town, raising the number of infections in Syria to 177 ones.

According to the ministry, 3 coronaviruses have recovered, raising the total number of the recovered to 74, while 6 others have passed away.

The Ministry mentioned that a lockdown was imposed on Ras al-Ma’ara town on 7th of June.

On March 22, the first case of Coronavirus was registered in Syria for a person who had come from abroad.

The first dead case of Coronavirus was registered on March 29th.