Israel on Thursday saw more than 9,000 new cases of daily coronavirus for the third day in a row, health officials confirmed.
The Ministry of Health said 9,388 people tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday after some 127,768 tests were performed, raising the infection rate to 7.9%.
Medicine in underground parking on Rambam Healthcare Campus converted into an intensive care facility
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Of the 78,215 active coronavirus patients in Israel, 1,834 are currently hospitalized. At least 1,063 are in poor condition, with 273 ventilated.
The official death toll is now at 3,826 after 33 patients died due to virus-related complications on Wednesday. Since the beginning of January, 484 COVID-19 patients have died, compared to 481 in December.
Police implement tight shutdown in Rishon Lezion
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According to the Ministry of Health, 15,582 of the active COVID-19 patients live in Jerusalem; in Bnei Brak live 4,506 active patients; in Modi’in Illit 3,367; in Beit Shemesh 2,415; in Tel Aviv-Yafo 2,157; in Petah Tikva 2,140; in Haifa 1,999; in Ashdod 1,835; in Beitar Illit 1,746; in Elad 1,431; in Netanya 1,269; in Holon 1,131; in Be’er Sheva 1,128; In Nazareth 1,093 and in Rishon Lezion 1,031.
As a result of the rise in cases and the level of serious illness in hospitals, the Ministry of Health has said it would like a one-week extension of the full lock that has been in place since last Thursday and which ending on Sunday, January 17th.
Getting the coronavirus vaccine in Jerusalem
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The ministry is said to be preparing a three-tier lockout exit strategy. Educational institutions are the first to reopen, and restaurants and gyms would only start jobs in the final stage.
Despite the rise in cases, Israel’s national vaccination campaign has seen 1,880,163 included so far with the first vaccine outlook, with some already receiving the second dose.
According to health officials, data collected from people over 60 who were the first group to be included showed that the risk of infection fell just 14 days after the first sighting of the two-stage vaccine get.