An Israeli man wearing a face mask has his temperature checked at the entrance of a supermarket in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv on April 2, 2020. Israel reported 765 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the daily highest so far, bringing the total number to 6,857, said the Ministry of Health. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI/Handout via Xinhua)
JERUSALEM, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Israel reported 765 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the daily highest so far, bringing the total number to 6,857, said the Ministry of Health.
It also announces five new death cases from the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 36. The five deceased, aged 77 to 98, suffered from other serious illnesses.
Of the 702 patients being treated in hospitals across Israel, 106 are in serious condition and 126 in moderate condition.
Of the other 6,119 patients, 3,714 are treated in home quarantine, 710 in hotels converted into treatment facilities, 338 have recovered and the remaining 1,357 will be treated at home, hotel or hospital according to decisions to be made soon.
In addition, the Israel Employment Service said Israeli unemployment has jumped from four percent to 24.9 percent since the beginning of March due to the pandemic.
According to the bureau, among the current more than one million unemployed Israelis, 879,372 have applied for unemployment benefits since March 1.
