The Health Ministry announces 37 new COVID-19 fatalities over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 2,366.
According to Health Ministry figures, the number of active cases further declined to 15,876, out of 309,374 infections confirmed since the pandemic began.
A man rides a bike with a child in Tel Aviv, on October 22, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Only 692 new cases were recorded Friday, out of just under 27,000 tests, for a positive test rate of just 2.6%. So far Saturday, there have been only 157 confirmed infections, as of 5:30 p.m.
There were 552 people in serious condition, with 218 on ventilators.
Help us report truthfully on social media
As a multimedia journalist, my job is to take the quality, fact-based journalism produced by The Times of Israel newsroom and make it accessible across every platform — from Instagram posts to podcasts to short-form videos.
This is how many, especially young people, consume news these days. But misinformation is rampant on social media. Our team at ToI produces accurate, responsible short-form reporting on Israel and the Jewish world.
If you believe in the importance of factual social media journalism, please consider joining our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community. Your financial support is essential to sustain responsible multimedia reporting.
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you, David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
