2 more fatalities take coronavirus toll to 51; infections climb to 8,611 – No immediate details on identities of deceased; Health Ministry says 141 are in serious condition, with 107 on ventilators; 585 have recovered | Timesofisrael

Two more people have died in Israel as a result of the coronavirus, the Health Ministry said Monday, raising the death toll by two since the evening before and putting it at 51.
It was not immediately clear who the latest victims were or where they had been hospitalized, although the Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center in Be’er Yaakov near tel Aviv announced there had been three fatalities at the hospital in the past 24 hours.