Israel edges toward 3,000 coronavirus deaths in grim milestone

Health Ministry says official death toll now stands at 2,999 after 16 more patients passed away in the past 24 hours; infection coefficient stands at 1.2 which army taskforce says will lead to 2,500 daily cases within 2 weeks

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Israel on Monday edged closer to reaching a grim milestone of 3,000 coronavirus-related deaths.
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The Health Ministry said after 16 more COVID-19 patients passed away from the disease in the past 24 hours, the official death toll now stands at 2,999.
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Coronavirus tests at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv 
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The ministry said that on Sunday 1,707 people tested positive for coronavirus after 50,641 tests had been conducted, putting the infection rate at 3.4%. 
At least 353 patients are in serious condition, of whom 122 are ventilated. The infection coefficient (R) now stands somewhere between 1.15 and 1.2.
According to the Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center, the relatively high coefficient is likely to result in the number of daily cases rising to at least 2,500 a day within the next two weeks. 
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Maccabi HMO's coronavirus center for vaccination   
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In Israel, there are 17,373 active COVID-19 patients, currently ill with the disease. About 2,950 of them reside in Jerusalem, 519 live in Haifa, 499 in Tel Aviv, 477 in Nazareth, 382 in Sakhnin, 353, in Petah Tikva, 321 in Shefar'am, 277 in Tamra, 271 in Holon, 259 in Be'er Sheva, 256 in Netanya, 242 in Umm al-Fahm, 215 in Bnei Brak, 210 in Majdal Shams and 203 in Ashdod.