Posted on 06/06/21
| News Source: i24
Four new infections registered on Saturday were travelers returning from abroad
Israel on Saturday registered zero new local COVID-19 infections for the first time in more than a year, according to Hebrew media reports citing Ministry of Health data.
The four new verified cases were all travelers returning from abroad.
A total of 7,575 coronavirus test results were obtained on Saturday.
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The four non-local infections brings the total number of cases to 839,566. The death toll from the pandemic in Israel stands at 6,418.
As of Sunday, there were 230 active patients with 72 hospitalized and 27 in critical condition with 25 on respirators.
Health Ministry data also shows that 5,137,367 people have received two vaccine doses. Read more at i24