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Coronavirus ward team at Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh) in Be'er Ya'akov, southeast of Tel Aviv, August 20, 2020.

According to Israel’s Health Ministry, there were 9,013 new cases of the coronavirus diagnosed in the past 24 hours, between Wednesday (Sept. 30) and Thursday (Oct. 1).

The number of patients with the virus who are in very serious condition rose to 817; of those, 186 patients require respirators to survive.

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The number of Israelis who have lost their lives to the virus has risen to 1,600.

A total of 70,012 Israelis were tested for the virus on Wednesday — the first time more than 70,000 tests were carried out in a single day.

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Hana Levi Julian
Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.