The Health Ministry said on Wednesday morning that 9,539 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed on Tuesday after 165,584 tests conducted indicating a 5.9% infection rate.
Israel's rate of contagion continued to rise and the R factor was 1.06.
According to the ministry, 40% of newly confirmed cases were in children under the age of 11 - who are too young to receive the coronavirus vaccine, 14% were ages 12 to 18 and only 4% of the cases that were confirmed on Tuesday were among the over 60 population.
There are currently 650 people hospitalized in serious condition with complications of the virus, 172 of them on ventilators.
Since the start of the pandemic 7,444 people have succumbed to the virus.
First published: 10:37, 09.15.21