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Two elderly women suspected to be infected with West Nile virus die, hospital says
Two women in their 80s have died, possibly due to being infected by the West Nile virus, Beilinson Hospital says in a statement.
According to the Petah Tikva facility, lab results have yet to confirm the two were infected by the virus.
The Health Ministry said Friday that the number of people in Israel infected with West Nile virus has risen to 19, 17 of whom are hospitalized and three of whom are on ventilators.
They are all from the central part of the country, the ministry said.
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