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Meanwhile, Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip await vaccines, which could take at least a few more months to get to a big enough part of society. Infection rates in both territories, however, are being kept relatively low.
Israel currently has 74,323 active cases; 4,501 people have died. In the West Bank, there are 4,355 active cases and 1,464 deaths, and in Gaza 4,722 active cases and 513 deaths.
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9:58 P.M. 900 Holocaust survivors died of COVID-19 in Israel last year
The coronavirus pandemic claimed the lives of 900 Holocaust survivors in Israel in 2020, with a total of 5,300 survivors testing positive for COVID-19, statistics released by Israel’s Holocaust Survivors’ Rights Authority on Tuesday showed.