The Health Ministry reported Wednesday night that 868 Israelis have tested positive for coronavirus out of 17,980 tests conducted since midnight, meaning 4.8% of all tests returned positive, an exceptionally high percentage of positive results.
There are currently 8,483 Israelis battling the virus, 57 of them are in serious conditions and 24 patients are on ventilators.
Two Israeli have succumbed to complications of COVID-19, bringing the nation's virus fatalities to 322.