Israel's infection rate continues to decline, according to Health Ministry data released Friday, and now stands at 3.1%, as 2,509 of the 82,657 people who tested for the coronavirus were found to be carrying COVID-19.
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Israel currently has 35,576 active cases of the virus. The number of people who are seriously ill, 613, is also on the decline. Of those in serious condition, 212 are on ventilators.
While 773,689 people have recovered from the coronavirus, 5,975 have died.
So far, 5,110,698 Israelis have received at least one dose of Pfizer's corona vaccine, while 4,068,374 have received both doses.
Meanwhile, the US Centers for Disease Control said it was safe to vaccinate people who have recovered from the coronavirus and that a series of studies had found one dose of a coronavirus vaccine significantly improved their protection from existing variants of the disease.
According to preliminary reports, individuals who recovered from the virus but continue to suffer from symptoms of "long COVID-19" report a significant improvement in their condition upon receiving a dose of the vaccine.
While researchers are aware a coronavirus dose has been shown to ease long COVID-19 symptoms, they say it is too early to tell whether the vaccines currently in use could help with or cure the disease.
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