Israel has recorded its highest-ever number of new coronavirus infections — driven by the ultra-contagious Omicron variant — despite restrictions on travel and required quarantines, AP reports.
The record of 11,978 cases diagnosed in the last 24 hours marks the most new infections reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic.
The previous record was set on September 2 with 11,345 new infections logged during the Delta variant’s wave.
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