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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Woman in her 50s is Israel’s 17th, and apparently youngest, victim of virus
A woman in her 50s has died of the coronavirus in Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv, the 17th and apparently youngest person in Israel to succumb to the disease, the hospital says.
In a statement, the hospital says the woman, whose name has not yet been released, suffered from serious preexisting conditions before contracting the virus.
— Judah Ari Gross