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25 April, 2021, 6:10 am An Israeli health worker vaccinates a woman in a bar in Tel Aviv in February. Photo: AFP
Israel has recorded no new daily Covid-19 deaths for the first time in 10 months, as the country pushes ahead with its speedy vaccination drive.
The country’s coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 6346 on Thursday, health ministry data showed.
The last time Israel reported zero Covid-19 deaths was at the end of June last year, after lockdown measures curbed a first wave of infections.
Israel’s outbreak has eased after hitting its peak in January this year.
The Israeli government started to relax lockdown restrictions a month later as vaccinations against Covid-19 were rolled out more widely.
The country hit its peak in January 2021 and since then cases have continued to drop
For the first time in 10 months, Israel has recorded no deaths related to COVID-19 as its mass inoculation drive starts to show benefits. On Thursday, the country’s COVID-19 death toll remained unchanged at 6,346. The last time zero deaths were reported in the country was in June 2020 after a lockdown was imposed in the country.
The country hit its peak in January 2021 and since then cases have continued to drop. As vaccinations were rolled out more widely, lockdown restrictions were relaxed. Among all the countries in the world, Israel has the highest vaccination rate. On Thursday, the country had reached five million vaccinations.
Covid-19: Israel records no daily deaths for the first time in 10 months
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Israel has recorded no new daily Covid-19 deaths for the first time in 10 months, as the country pushes ahead with its speedy vaccination drive.
The country s coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 6,346 on Thursday, health ministry data showed.
The last time Israel reported zero Covid-19 deaths was at the end of June last year, after lockdown measures curbed a first wave of infections.
Israel s outbreak has eased after hitting its peak in January this year.
The Israeli government started to relax lockdown restrictions a month later as vaccinations against Covid-19 were rolled out more widely.
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