The 10,594 coronavirus tests processed Saturday identified 899 new cases in Israel, the Health Ministry reported Sunday, a positive rate of 9% – higher than the percentage of positive results in recent days, which hovered at around 6%.
Since the start of the epidemic in Israel, 113,648 Israelis have contracted the virus. As of Sunday morning, there were 20,151 symptomatic cases.
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Three more people succumbed to the virus on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 909 – more than double what it was on July 24, when the total number of deaths stood at 448. Of all the corona patients to die of the virus in Israel, 90 (nearly 10%) died this past week.
On Sunday there were 892 coronavirus patients hospitalized, 441 of whom were listed in serious condition, including 121 on ventilators.
The only coronavirus units at over 90% capacity were those at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Laniado Hospital in Netanyahu, Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, and the Old Scottish Hospital.
Cities designated "red" because of high rates of COVID spread included Bnei Brak, Tira, Kafr Qasim, Umm al-Fahm, Daliyat al-Carmel, Laqiyya, Maaleh Iron, Yakir, Kisraa-Samia, Furedeis, Tifrach, Kaabiyye-Tabbash-Hajajre, Buka'ata, and Yad Binyamin.
Meanwhile, the percentage of US citizens confirmed to have contracted coronavirus is approaching 2% of the total population. Each day tens of thousands of new cases are identified. Some 186,000 Americans have died of the virus thus far, and the US death toll is expected to exceed 200,000 within a few weeks.
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