Country continues to grapple with high number of daily infections due to highly contagious delta variant

Israel on Sunday reported 966 new COVID-19 cases with 97 patients in serious or critical condition, according to Health Ministry data.

A total of 22 patients were listed as critical as of Sunday morning with 17 people on respirators.

The positive test rate stood at 1.79 percent out of 54,316 people tested for the virus on Sunday.... Read More: i24