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Israel’s COVID death toll surpasses 8,000

Hospital staff tend to a patient in the coronavirus ward at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, on September 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
Nineteen months into the pandemic, Israel’s death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 8,000, with 11 new fatalities recorded since this morning, according to the Health Ministry.
The death toll now stands at 8,010.
According to the ministry, 357 people remain in serious condition with COVID. Another 1,004 cases were recorded since midnight.
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