Serious patients down to 52, but new infections highest in 4 months as positivity rate hits 1.5%

AFP tally finds highest daily increases in new coronavirus cases since late May, with much of the rise attributed to the Delta variant

PM says Israel can avert another closure if rules heeded, urges Israelis to cancel trips abroad, blames renewed outbreak on the previous government's 'serious neglect'

Number of serious cases rises to 53; officials to test all of them for new subvariant, fearing it may be more contagious and virulent than predecessors

Proposal follows calls for isolation period to be shortened to encourage people to keep it, as well as reducing burden on parents of unvaccinated young children

Serious cases stay steady; hospitals warn lack of funding means there may not be enough doctors if outbreak spreads; cabinet set to discuss return of some form of Green Pass system

Rachel and Yitzhak Na'eh, both in their mid-80s, succumb to virus, after suffering from pre-existing conditions as well; become week's 3rd and 4th vaccinated patients to die

Nachman Ash insists problem being taken care of, says there is no current plan to enact new restrictions to deal with renewed outbreak

PM likely to downplay talk of 'Freedom Day,' with both hospitalization and deaths edging up in recent days despite vaccination drive

Most of the vaccinated people who have been recently infected got the shot around January, figures given to Health Ministry show; some caution it's too early to draw conclusions