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Saturday, October 17, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Health Ministry reports 26 more deaths, 834 new coronavirus cases over Shabbat
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Health Ministry confirms 834 new coronavirus cases over Shabbat, raising the number of infections since the pandemic began to 302,730.
It also reports 26 more COVID deaths, bringing the national toll to 2,167.
The number of patients in serious condition drops to 689, with 238 on ventilators. Another 210 are in moderate condition. In total, there are 35,212 active cases.
Yesterday, 1,469 people were diagnosed with the virus out of 32,914 tested, a positive test rate of 4.5%. So far today, 10,741 tests have been performed and 313 people were confirmed to have the virus, a positive rate of 3%. Testing rates typically drop off on weekends and holidays.
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