More than 6,000 Israelis have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in Israel, the Health Ministry reported on Sunday, with 8 of them having passed away over since midnight alone.
As the country counts 6,008 victims to the pandemic, it continued to show signs of decline with 233 of them have died since the beginning of March. October 2020 was the pandemic's most prolific month with 956 Israelis succumbing to the disease.
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Entrance to coronavirus ward at Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba
(Photo: Lihi Krupnik)
The Health Ministry also said that the percentage of positive results from the 16,545 tests carried out since midnight was 2.8% - the lowest since the start of December, before the country went into its third full lockdown of the pandemic and signaling a further decline in infections compacted to the morning hours.
However, the number of coronavirus patients hospitalized in serious condition increased slightly and stood at 640, with 221 of them connected to ventilators for respiratory assistance.
The number of active coronavirus carriers kept declining and stood at around 28,000. Jerusalem boasted the highest number of active cases with 4,722 patients currently battling the virus. The capital is then followed by Tel Aviv-Jaffa which has listed 1,309 active coronavirus patients, Netanya with 1,027, Be'er Sheva with 1,018 and Ashkelon with 819 active cases.
Since the launch of its world-leading vaccination campaign, Israel has already inoculated 5,139,301 of its citizens with the first dose of the vaccine and 4,419, 380 of them have also received the second booster shot as well.