Israel has seen an increase in coronavirus cases as schools, businesses, restaurants, bars, tourist attractions, and other establishments reopen. Schools throughout the country have closed after cases tied to students and staff members continue to climb.
The Health Ministry said 91 more people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 12 hours, raising the number of national diagnoses to 20,869.
Out of these, the number of active cases currently stands at 4,848, with 15,714 recoveries and 307 deaths.
The ministry added that 8,219 COVID-19 tests were performed on Sunday.
Israel’s coronavirus cabinet decided on the move last week, after several delays and despite the spike in new COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to more than 200 countries and territories since then.
To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 9,064,000 globally, resulting in more than 4,849,000 recoveries and over 470,000 deaths.
On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.