87-year-old man dies of coronavirus in Beersheba, bringing death toll to 30

An 87-year-old man dies of the coronavirus in Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center, the hospital says, bringing the national death toll to 30.

The man appears to be the latest person to die after contracting the virus in a nursing home in the city, which has become a major hotspot of the disease.

The hospital says the man was brought in for treatment from his senior living facility in critical condition yesterday. He died earlier this morning, according to Soroka.

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