46 coronavirus deaths, 5,063 new infections recorded in Israel over Shabbat

3 October 2020, 7:23 pm

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The Health Ministry reports 5,063 new coronavirus cases over Shabbat, raising the number of infections since the pandemic began to 263,983.

The ministry announces 46 more deaths, bringing the national toll to 1,679.

Of the 71,908 active cases, there are 839 people in serious condition, with 224 on ventilators. Another 317 are in moderate condition and the rest have mild or no symptoms.

The Health Ministry says 59,731 tests were performed yesterday, 11.8 percent of which came back positive.

Apart from four countries with far smaller populations (Qatar, Bahrain, Aruba and French Guiana), Israel has the highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita of any country in the world, according to Worldometer data.