One patient infected with the coronavirus died Wednesday morning, raising the total number of coronavirus-related fatalities in Israel to 375, the Israeli Health Ministry reported Wednesday morning.
A total of 1,573 new cases of the coronavirus were reported Tuesday, with a further 211 cases diagnosed Wednesday morning.
Since the pandemic began, 42,813 cases of the virus have been confirmed, with 19,734 patients recovering, and 22,704 cases still active.
The number of coronavirus patients in hospitals continued to rise, but at a slower rate, increasing from 524 hospitalizations as of Tuesday morning to 547 Wednesday morning.
Of those, 195 are in serious condition, up from 192 on Tuesday and 186 on Monday.
A further 125 patients are in moderate condition.
The number of confirmed cases declined somewhat Tuesday, from 1,719 on Monday to 1,573, despite a rise in the number of tests carried out Tuesday, with 28,552 tests conducted, compared to 27,432 tests on Monday.
The percentage of tests which came back positive fell from 6.3% on Monday to 5.5% of tests conducted Tuesday, the lowest rate since last Thursday, when 5.2% of tests were positive.