Israel shows decline in positivity rate of coronavirus tests but R factor rises to 1.02

Yaron Druckman, Adir Yanko|
Israel recorded 1,923 new cases confirmed on Saturday the Health Ministry reported Sunday.
After 46,000 tests conducted, the positivity rate was 4.3%.
Since the start of the pandemic, 5,861 have died from COVID-19 complications.
There are 724 people hospitalized in serious condition10 more than in the previous day as the R factor indicating the spread of the virus in the community has risen to 1.02.
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