BREAKING NEWS

Coronavirus in Israel: Nearly 4000 dead, 1,177 in serious condition

The national death toll from COVID-19 rose by 40 on Saturday to 3,989, the Health Ministry reported on Sunday. 
Some, 5,060 new cases were diagnosed on Saturday out of 71,186 tests which were administered, resulting in a positivity rate of 7.2%.
There are 83,104 active cases in the country, 1,944 of whom are hospitalized. Of the hospitalized, 1,177 are classified as being in serious condition, of whom 282 are currently intubated.
On the vaccine front, the Health Ministry reported that as of Sunday morning, 2,075,513 Israelis have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, of whom 269,737 have also received their second dose.