Coronavirus in Israel: No deaths in past day for first time in 10 months
The current death toll is 6,346. The daily death toll has been decreasing since January, when daily coronavirus deaths were around 60 per day.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFSHAARE ZEDEK hospital team members in the coronavirus ward.(photo credit: NATI SHOHAT/FLASH90)
For the first time in approximately 10 months, no one has died from the coronavirus in the past day in Israel, according to Health Ministry data.The current death toll is 6,346. The daily death toll has been decreasing since January, when daily coronavirus deaths were around 60 per day.There were 129 new coronavirus cases in Israel in the past day the Health Ministry announced Friday morning.The Health Ministry also announced they conducted 35,027 tests - around 0.4% of tests returned a positive result.Some 160 of current patients are in serious condition, with 97 intubated.Over five million people in Israel have received a second dose of the coronavirus vaccine as of Friday, the Health Ministry announced, Israeli media reported.Israel has vaccinated 5,004,629 people with the second dose and some 5,373,617 with the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
