Head of the Binyamin Regional Council, Yisrael Ganz, has announced that 117 people are confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus in the Binyamin region, and that there has been a drop in the rate of increase.
He added that a resident from Tel Zion, a father of 9 children who had been in critical condition and sedated on a ventilator, is well on the road to recovery and will soon be discharged from hospital.