A total of 22,360 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Israel on Friday, according to a Saturday evening Health Ministry update.
The number of serious cases was reported to be 1,048, continuing the trend of decreasing cases from the previous days. Out of those in serious condition, 336 people were reported to be in critical condition, 270 were intubated and 22 were connected to ECMO machines.
The number of serious cases has fallen by 21.1% in the last seven days, and there has been an overall reduction of 35.7% when it comes to new daily cases.
Out of 98,223 PCR and antigen tests taken on Friday, there was a positive return rate of 22.76%.
The R rate - representing the number of people a sick person will infect - has also continued its steady drop, currently standing at 0.74.
To date, 4,454,167 have received a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Israel and within that number, 691,246 have also received a third dose.
The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Israel currently stands at 9,458, and 268 of the deaths have occured within the last seven days.