Death toll climbs to 18 as woman, 49, succumbs to virus

A 49-year-old woman dies of the coronavirus in central Israel’s Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center, making her the 18th and youngest person in Israel to succumb to the disease, the hospital says.

The medical center says the woman, whose name has not yet been released, suffered from preexisting medical conditions.

— Judah Ari Gross

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