For the first time since the end of December, the number of serious COVID-19 patients in Israel dropped under 600, the Health Ministry reported Tuesday evening.
According to ministry data, 905 Israelis were hospitalized with coronavirus, 586 of them were in serious condition and 208 were connected to ventilators for respiratory assistance.
Out of some 40,000 coronavirus tests conducted in the previous 24 hours, 2.3% came back positive.
The national COVID-19 death toll has reached 6,047 fatalities since the outbreak of the pandemic in Israel, with 272 Israelis succumbing to the disease since the beginning of March.