The Ministry of Health published this morning (Friday) the latest corona data, according to which 3,958 people have been diagnosed as positive for the corona virus in the last day and there are now 33,808 active patients throughout Israel. Of all active patients, 506 are defined as in critical condition and 128 people are respirated. In addition, the Ministry of Health has updated that since the outbreak of the plague, 3,171 people have died as a result of contracting the virus.
Pfizer’s corona vaccines arrive at Kaplan Hospital. Photo: Gilad Shaabani Chopin, Kaplan Medical Center
The 3,958 patients diagnosed in the last 24 hours were detected out of 98,409 tests for the virus that were performed yesterday, which puts the percentage of positive tests at 4.1%. According to the Ministry of Health, as of this morning, an additional 16,473 tests have been performed to detect the virus, of which 3.8% came out positive.
Also, from the Ministry of Health’s daily status report, It turned out that the cities of Tel Aviv, Ramla, Kiryat Malachi, Netivot and Zichron Yaacov turned orange, After being yellow. Yeruham and Ness Ziona changed color from green to yellow, and Jerusalem turned from red to orange.
As you may recall, following the recent rise in morbidity, the government has decided to impose a third closure on the State of Israel, which will take effect this coming Sunday at 5:00 p.m. As part of the restrictions that will be imposed during the closure, the possibility of being away from home for more than a kilometer will be ruled out, non-essential jobs will be closed and public transportation will be reduced by about 50%.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced that yesterday we vaccinated more than 74,000 Israelis throughout the country. A statement issued by the minister said that so far about 210,000 Israelis have been vaccinated since the beginning of the “give a shoulder” vaccine earlier this week. “This is just the beginning, we will increase the pace in the coming days. I thank the employees of the Ministry of Health, the health funds, the hospitals, MDA and the Home Front Command for their wonderful work. “Thanks to you, 210,000 people are on their way to being more protected,” Edelstein wrote.