According to Health Ministry data released Saturday, 5,159,879 people have received at least the first dose of a vaccine and 4,516,486 of them have received two doses.
Of the 57,914 virus tests conducted on Friday, about 1.8% returned positive — amounting to 1,017 new cases, continuing the steep decline since January when the positive test rate reached over 10%.
In total, 827,199 people in Israel have been diagnosed with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic last year. There are currently 18,873 active cases.