With government aiming to expand testing to prevent resurgence, clinics say they lack the manpower to meet the target rate

At least a dozen schools and preschools from Sderot to Petah Tikva shuttered as students and teachers diagnosed

Number of active COVID-19 cases reaches 2,103, an increase of 92 over Tuesday evening; one patient dies, bringing toll to 291

Officials say 84 new cases found since Monday night; Health Ministry reportedly set to recommend shuttering all high schools and middle schools to curb infection rates

Itamar Grotto says authorities have plan to deal with centralized outbreak without renewed lockdown; is most worried by rise in percentage of tests coming back positive

Health Ministry announces country's first 2 deaths in days, again confirms more than 100 new cases in last 24 hours, as renewed outbreak persists

Health Ministry updates country's total tally to 17,169, as active cases rise back above 2,000; death toll stays at 285, as more schools close and send thousands to isolation

Over 100 cases linked to Gymnasia Rehavia, with teacher 'super-spreader' blamed; 17 other schools, daycare centers around the country said shuttered over virus

Edelstein says closure could come 'much faster than people think'; Netanyahu says policy change to be weighed, but economy must stay 'open'

Students confirmed as carriers in Jerusalem's Hartman high school, Kiryat Yearim yeshiva, Katzir school in Holon, sending many into quarantine amid fear of second COVID-19 wave