Israel over the past 24 hours recorded a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus patients needing mechanical ventilation, health officials said Monday morning.
The Health Ministry said 263 patients are in serious condition, of whom 114 are ventilated, an increase of 30 since the same figure reported on Sunday evening.
The ministry said 985 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday after 39,774 tests had been conducted, putting the contagion rate at 2.5%, slightly down from 3.3% infection rate reported a day earlier.