Israel on Saturday evening surpassed 1,000 coronavirus fatalities after the Health Ministry reported 12 additional patients succumbed to the pathogen, putting the death toll at 1,007.
Also reported were 1,120 new coronavirus cases, raising the caseload to 128,768.
Out of the 26,283 patients currently battling the virus, 439 are in serious condition, with 128 connected to ventilators.