With 76,783 active infections in the country, 1,171 Israelis in serious condition, 335 on ventilators

Israel added 7,316 new COVID-19 coronavirus infections on Friday, the Health Ministry reported Saturday afternoon.

According to the latest figures, 8.8 percent of the 85,739 tests conducted in the previous day had returned positive.

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The update puts Israel's death toll throughout the pandemic at 4,326 -- an increase of 81 against the figure reported on Friday morning.

The current number of active infections stands at 76,783, with at least 1,844 Israelis hospitalized.

Out of those, 1,171 are said to be in a serious state, including 423 in a severe condition and 335 on artificial lung ventilators.