Some 8% of test results Thursday showed COVID-19 infection, after weeks of hovering around 12%-13%

Sharon Elrai says 40% of Israelis live in 'red' areas with high infection rates; ministry director: Hospitals aren't collapsing, Israel not seeking herd immunity

8.9% of tests on Wednesday come back positive, the lowest rate in three weeks; top health official says restrictions could be eased if downward trend continues

Levy says too soon to tell if lower test rate and lower number of new cases is a trend; IDF task force says transmission rate still relatively high, indicating undetected cases

Gamzu tells ministers 28.6% of tests administered in Haredi towns have come back positive, compared to 13.4% in Arab locales and 11.9% for rest of country

Chezy Levy says community seeing 'steep increase' in deaths; says schools won't reopen 'as normal' after holidays

Health Ministry chief reportedly tells administrators that capacity will be expanded by mid-October, 20% of beds are for patients on ventilators

After 2 tumultuous months in his post, Ronni Gamzu specifically asks ultra-Orthodox for forgiveness, says restrictions would be tightened anyway during High Holidays

Chezy Levy says he believes Israel won't roll back closure immediately after holidays; positive test results, currently nearing 15%, have to first go below 10%

After initial announcement that mass demonstration outside PM's residence in Jerusalem would not be held as normal, some organizers say it'll go ahead in socially distanced format