8,308 new infections in Corona were diagnosed yesterday (Monday) and this is the highest number since September 30th. Data from the Ministry of Health show that the positive rate is 7.6% out of more than 110,000 tests performed yesterday. These data were published a few hours before the convening of the cabinet meeting at 12:00, which will be required to decide on the tightening of the closure. In recent days, despite the imposition of the closure, the number of infections continues to rise daily.
Loads at corona testing complexes, yesterday
(Photo: Nadav Abs, Nitzan Dror)
1,361 are hospitalized, 764 of them in critical condition. The number of respirators is 183 and since the outbreak of the plague, 3,445 Israelis have died. The rate of positive tests in the past day is the highest since October 11, when a rate of 7.7% of positive tests was recorded. At the beginning of October, about 1,600 people were hospitalized – a record number of patients in the corona wards of hospitals.
At the Wolfson Hospital in Holon this morning, the Ministry of Health asked to regulate the number of corona patients who come to the place through MDA from nursing homes in nearby cities, due to many independent referrals to the hospital for verified patients whose condition is deteriorating at home.
The corona ward at Ichilov Hospital
(Photo: Eitan Elhadz, TPS)
Another worrying figure that emerges from the data is the number of deaths in the last four days: 98 people infected with corona in Israel have died from the complications of the virus. This is an average of close to 25 people who die from the complications of the virus a day. More than 450,000 people have been diagnosed with the outbreak of the plague in Israel. Israel has become the 31st country in the world to have such a number diagnosed in the world. Almost one in 21 Israelis has been diagnosed with coronary heart disease since the outbreak.
There are currently 55,312 active corona patients in Israel. 10,761 of them are residents of Jerusalem, 2,466 live in Bnei Brak, 1,614 in Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1,579 in Modi’in Illit, 1,485 in Ashdod, 1,443 in Haifa, 1,384 in Beit Shemesh, 1,296 in Petah Tikva, 956 in Beitar Illit, 875 in Be’er Sheva, 870 in Nazareth, 774 in Rishon Lezion, 765 In Holon, 720 in Netanya, 635 in Elad, 572 in Rehovot, 526 in Ashkelon and 525 in Ramat Gan.
An ambulance at the entrance to Wolfson. Sought to avoid bringing in more patients
(Photo: Abigail Uzi)
480 more patients live in Tamra, 440 in Kiryat Gat, 428 in Bat Yam, 405 in Arad, 405 in Ramla, 394 in Shefar’am, 392 in Lod, 378 in Tiberias, 364 in Modi’in Maccabim Reut, 316 in Sakhnin, 311 in Ma’ale Adumim, 309 in Afula, 289 in Safed, 287 in Hadera, 286 in Rosh HaAyin, 286 in Kiryat Ata, 277 in Umm al-Fahm, 268 in Kfar Saba, 265 in Herzliya, 263 in Kiryat Motzkin, 256 in Netivot, 251 in Givat Zeev, 250 in Kfar Kanna, 249 in Nahariya, 240 in Merar, 236 in Acre, 225 in Migdal Haemek, 225 in Raanana , 218 in Mevaseret Zion, 217 in Carmiel, 210 in Yavne, 204 in the ridges and 204 in Daliyat al-Carmel.
In Beitar Illit 26% of the respondents in the last week received a positive answer, in Elad 19%, in Modi’in Illit 18%, in Bnei Brak 16%, in Nazareth 16%, in Kfar Qassem 14%, in Jerusalem 13%, in Safed 11%, in Ashdod 8%, in Haifa 6%, In Ashkelon 6%, in Petah Tikva 6%, in Holon 5%, in Tel Aviv Jaffa 4%, in Ramat Gan 4%, in Rishon Lezion 4%, in Eilat 3%, in Givatayim 3% and so in Kiryat Ono, Raanana, Kfar Saba, Ness Ziona and Herzliya. In Ramat Hasharon, the rate of positives last week was 2%.
In the last seven days, about 578,000 corona tests have been performed. The average positive test rate in those days is 6.16%. One in 16 is positive on average. In the city of Beitar Illit, one in four tests was found to be positive.
A policewoman at the entrance to Beitar Illit. This week’s positive rate – 26%
(Photo: Shalom Shalom)
The only green city is Harish (traffic light score 4.2). The yellow cities are: Yokneam Illit, Ariel, Herzliya, Hadera, Rahat, Ness Ziona, Kiryat Shmona, Nahariya, Ramat Hasharon, Kfar Saba, Raanana, Kiryat Ono, Rishon Lezion, Givatayim, Hod Hasharon, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Sderot and Kiryat Ata. The rest of the cities are orange or red.
Beilinson Director: “The situation is about the same as the peak of the second wave, and we are on the rise”
This morning, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced that about one million and 370,000 Israelis have already received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine from the beginning of the vaccination campaign. About 146,000 of the vaccinators in Israel were vaccinated yesterday. Edelstein wanted to mention that vaccinators do not receive a full level of antibodies after vaccination in the first dose. “A full vaccine is only a week after the second dose. In the meantime, the disease state is skyrocketing, so unfortunately there is no escape from a full and fast closure,” he said.
In view of the morbidity data, in a conversation with Ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth, yesterday the administrators of Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva and Rambam in Haifa warned that the number of patients is rising, and are beginning to mention the second wave. “In the past week we received patients not only from our area but also from my home. Patients in Jerusalem, Haifa and Netanya. If it continues like this, we will definitely stretch the limits of our capacity, “said Beilinson Director Dr. Ethan Wertheim. “It could very well be that we will have to lower elective activity to transfer nurses and anesthetists in favor of treating Corona patients. At the same time, the workload in the inpatient wards is particularly high. The situation today is roughly similar to the peak of the second wave, and we are still on the rise.”
Dr. Ethan Wertheim and Dr. Mickey Halbertl. Numbers reminiscent of the second wave
(Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Shlomi Yosef)
Dr. Miki Halbertl, director of Rambam Hospital in Haifa, said yesterday: “We have 93 corona patients hospitalized and more than 50 of them are in critical or critical condition – and this is when about 200 employees and staff are in isolation. This makes the event a lot It is more complex, and we are happy that the military department that is with us helps us a lot in distributing the burden. ”
“The rate of infection is much higher compared to the second wave and there is a much higher amount of serious patients. The hospitals in the country hardly see patients with milder degrees of the disease. We clearly see the difference compared to the second wave of corona that attacked us.”