The patient was hospitalized a week ago in a very serious condition - with significant background illness.

• The patient suffered from background illness \\ Photo Archive: Coco

First victim of corona disease in Israel: An 88-year-old man died on Friday evening at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, after being hospitalized last week - carrying the virus.

After hospitalization, the patient was transferred to the hospital's isolated ward and treated. It should be noted that the deceased had many significant background diseases, even before the fatal virus was contracted. The deceased lived in a protected landscape tower in Jerusalem before he was hospitalized. In the same sheltered housing, six Corona patients were diagnosed.

Earlier today, the Ministry of Health announced that the number of patients in Israel is 705 people, 12 of whom are in serious condition. 16 in middle mode and 662 in light mode. Also, 15 of them have recovered. Of the total number of patients, 271 are hospitalized, 149 are hospitalized, 58 are in the hotel, and 212 patients have not yet been admitted to hospital.

Also, in the past day, a number of medical teams were transferred to isolation, after being exposed to corona patients without proper shielding.

In Italy - 627 dead in the past day

At the same time, Italian authorities today reported that 627 people died from the plague in the past day - the highest amount of deaths in one day as a result of the deadly virus. According to the Ministry of Health in Rome, the number of deaths from the disease so far is 4,032 people.

This is an 18.4 percent increase in mortality, the highest rate since the epidemic began in Italy last month, where hospitals are under heavy strain and the health system is collapsing. This is an 18.4 percent increase in mortality, the highest rate since the epidemic began in Italy last month, where hospitals are under heavy strain and the health system is collapsing.