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98-year-old woman in Jerusalem dies from COVID-19, bringing death toll to 48
A 98-year-old woman hospitalized at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem dies of the coronavirus.
The hospital says in a statement that the woman, who was brought there yesterday in serious condition, had “complicated preexisting diseases,” without elaborating.
The results of the test on the woman for COVID-19 came back positive this afternoon, according to the hospital.
She is 48th person in Israel to die from the coronavirus.
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