ISRAEL : Israel officially reached a tally of more than 100,000 coronavirus cases on Friday as the government struggled to contain a resurgence in infection rates.The latest daily tally showed 1,496 new cases, bringing the total number to 100,716, the health ministry said.
Israel has reported 809 deaths among its 9 million population.In May, Israel lifted a nationwide lockdown that had flattened an infection curve, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials celebrated as a success.
Daily cases that numbered in the hundreds dropped to low double digits.But a second surge of cases and ensuing restrictions have kept many Israelis out of work.