Israel's infection rate stands at 6.31%, according to Health Ministry data released Friday. Of the 134,778 people who tested for the virus Thursday, 7,813 were found to have COVID-19.
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The reproduction rate has decreased to 0.8.
The country currently has 79,799 active cases of the virus. There are 672 people in serious condition, 173 of whom are on ventilators.
Although have 1,063,349 Israelis recovered from the virus since the outbreak of the pandemic, 7,319 have died.
Around 155,246 students in Israel's education system are in quarantine.
On the vaccination front, over 6,031,635 Israelis have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Over 5,531,637 have received two doses, and over 2,763,886 have received the full three doses of the vaccine.
Fewer than one million eligible Israelis – around 900,000 – have yet to be inoculated against the coronavirus, Health Ministry Director-General Nachman Ash told reporters at a press briefing on Thursday. He said Israel had not made "enough progress" on this end.
Praising the fact that the baseline reproduction number had fallen below one this week for the first time in about three months, Ash emphasized the need to guard against complacency. "We must continue to adhere to the guidelines," he said.
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The virus reproduction index, or R number, measures the number of new cases resulting from each infection. Any number greater than one indicates infections are on the rise, while a number less than 1 indicates the epidemic is abating.
Ash also said he believed the recent slowdown in the spread of the coronavirus could be attributed to Israelis receiving a third dose of the vaccine. He called on all Israelis to get vaccinated, saying inoculation "is the most effective tool in the fight against the coronavirus."
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
