Posted on 08/24/21
| News Source: Arutz-7
A total of 9,831 new cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed across Israel Monday, according to data released by the Health Ministry Tuesday morning, up from 6,467 new cases reported Sunday, and surpassing the recent high of 8,766 a week ago.
That is the largest number of new cases reported in a single day since January 2021.
The percentage of tests coming back positive rose from 6.31% Sunday to 6.63% Monday, after plateauing for five days straight last week.
There are now 72,572 known active cases of the virus across Israel, up from 67,801 on Monday.
Despite the rise in the number of cases, however the number of hospitalizations actually fell, declining from 1,142 hospitalized COVID patients on Monday to 1,124 Tuesday.