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Saturday, March 26, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, March 26, 2022
17,595 new COVID cases recorded over weekend; serious infections, transmission rate dip slightly
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A Magen David worker takes a swab sample at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Jerusalem, on March 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
The Health Ministry reports 17,595 new coronavirus cases have been recorded this weekend, including 11,663 infections confirmed yesterday.
Active COVID-19 infections stand at 70,886, with the number of serious cases dipping to 290.
For a second day in a row, the transmission rate also ticks down slightly, to 1.4. The R number measures how many people each coronavirus carrier infects, with any reading above 1 meaning the virus is spreading at an increasing rate.
The death toll remains unchanged at 10,460.
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