The Health Ministry reported Thursday morning that 7,668 new coronavirus cases have been diagnosed out of some 83,000 tests conducted in the past 24 hours, putting Israel's contagion rate at 9.2%.
There are currently 1,132 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in serious condition, of which 306 are connected to ventilators
The national COVID-19 death toll reached 4,609 fatalities, after 34 Israelis passed away of coronavirus-related complications on Wednesday alone.