JERUSALEM: The number of coronavirus cases in Israel has crossed over one million landmark, that is to say 10,05,511, almost a year and a half since the first case was detected in the country, the Israeli Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Israel has now become the 35th country with more than 1 million infections, as quoted by the international news media. The country reported its first Covid-19 case on February 27, 2020, as an Israeli who had returned from Italy tested positive.

The number of deaths caused by the virus in Israel climbed to 6,864, while the number of patients in a serious condition increased to 678. The number of active cases went up to 72,572 in the country, while the number of recoveries rose to 926,075. Over 5.9 million people in Israel, or 63.2 percent of its total population, have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, while over 5.45 million have taken two doses and over 1.57 million have got three vaccine shots. Covid Pandemic posed 75-80 mn more people in Asia-Pacific into extreme poverty.

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