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Health Ministry counts more than 3,000 new coronavirus cases yesterday

13 October 2020, 7:36 pm
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The Health Ministry says that 3,112 new coronavirus cases were confirmed yesterday — a figure that is expected to rise further. The number is still far from the 2,000 daily cases that the ministry is demanding as a condition for easing the nationwide lockdown.

Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing seen outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem on October 11, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

In its evening roundup, the ministry also says there have been 1,424 new cases diagnosed so far today, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 296,215.

The number of serious cases stands at 802, with 254 on ventilators.

The death toll was 2,040, a rise of 24 since yesterday evening.

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