Israel's active COVID cases below 1,000 for first time in year
Health Ministry reports just 17 new cases of virus Saturday, with contagion rate of around 0.2%; number of critical patients drops to 84, the lowest level since July 2020; country no longer has any locations classed as infection hotspots
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Published: 05.09.21 , 15:42
Israel currently has less than 1,000 active cases of COVID-19 for the first time time since the pandemic broke out last March, the Health Ministry reported Sunday.
The ministry said there were just 17 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed on the previous day after some 11,000 tests, putting Israel's contagion rate at a little under 0.2%. The country also no longer has communities at all that are classed as infection hotspots.