Some 1,071 Israelis were infected with the novel coronavirus at press time, something Israelis likely could not have imagined only one month prior.
The spike in thenumber of diagnoses is likely tied to a sharp increase in the number ofcoronavirus tests being conducted - some 2,473 at press time and expected toreach 3,000. According to HealthMinister Ya’acov Litzman, already this week Israel will be carrying out anaverage of 3,000 tests per day, 5,000 by next week and that number is expectedto be 10,000 per day in two weeks.
Through the weekend, Magen David Adom had tested a total of around 14,000 people for coronavirus.
Of the 1,071 Israelis diagnosed with coronavirus, 985 had mild cases, 24 moderate and 18 serious cases. One person, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor,died over the weekend. Some 37 people have recovered from the virus.
2020-03-22 19:09:14Z
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