The 35,148 coronavirus tests processed in the last 24 hours resulted in 710 new confirmed cases, a positive rate of 2.1%, the Health Ministry reported Tuesday.
There were 8,082 active or symptomatic patients nationwide.
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A total of 560 patients were hospitalized as of Tuesday morning, including 322 who were listed in serious condition, of whom 134 were on ventilators. Another 88 hospitalized patients were listed in moderate condition.
Since the coronavirus epidemic reached Israel last winter, a total of 320,184 people have been infected by the virus, and 309,424 have recovered. The death toll stands at 2,687.
Meanwhile, the chief of the World Health Organization on Monday urged everyone to keep up efforts to fight COVID-19, saying that while people might be tired of fighting the pandemic, the virus "is not tired of us."
Speaking to WHO's main annual assembly, which resumed Monday after being cut short in May, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also hailed the victory of Joe Biden, voicing hope it could signal tighter global cooperation to end the pandemic.
Ghebreyesus said it was vital for people to follow science and resist the urge to turn a blind eye to the virus.
"We might be tired of COVID-19. But it is not tired of us," he said.
Tedros, speaking from quarantine after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, warned that the virus preyed on weakness.
"It preys on those in weaker health, but it preys on other weaknesses too: inequality, division, denial, wishful thinking and willful ignorance," he said.
"We cannot negotiate with it, nor close our eyes and hope it goes away. It pays no heed to political rhetoric or conspiracy theories," he said.
"Our only hope is science, solutions and solidarity."
Tedros warned that the pandemic had laid bare the need for the world to recapture a "sense of common purpose," which in recent years has been eroded by the "creeping tides of misguided nationalism and isolationism."
Part of this article was first published by i24NEWS.
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