Israel's coronavirus death toll reached 922 shortly after 10 a.m. Monday after three additional patients succumbed to the virus on Monday morning.
In the past 24 hours, 13,320 tests have identified 1,102 new coronavirus cases, and as of Monday morning the number of active or symptomatic cases nationwide stood at 20,334.
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A total of 917 patients were hospitalized, 453 of whom were listed in serious condition, down from 458 on Sunday. The number of patients on ventilators jumped to 123. Another 185 hospitalized patients were listed in moderate condition.
Cities designated red under the newly-approved "traffic light" plan included Bnei Brak, Tira, Kafr Qasim, Laqiyya, Maaleh Iron, Ein Mahal, Yakir, Fureidis, Buka'ata, and Bu'eine Nujeidat.
Orange cities included Jerusalem, Ashdod, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Netanya, Modi'in Illit, and Petah Tikva.
The dedicated coronavirus isolation units at both Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem and Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon were at full capacity. Other units were nearly full. A total of 330 doctors, 590 nurses, and 1,082 members of other medical professions were in quarantine.
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Meanwhile, the Association of Biochemists, Microbiologists, and Laboratory Workers, which on Sunday announced an open-ended strike over employment conditions for laboratory workers in Israel's public health care system said Monday that its representatives would come back to the negotiating table at the request of Health Ministry Director General Professor Hezi Levy.
Levy contacted the union before departing for Abu Dhabi on Monday with the rest of the Israeli-US delegation.
"The director-general promised that the Health Ministry would mediate and play a more active part in contact with the Treasury to lead to a change in how the Treasury treats us, and to help our meetings take place in a more reasonable, positive atmosphere," the lab workers' union said.
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