AMN report: Infection coefficient reached 1 again, positive testing rate – 4.8 percent

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AMN researchers released alarming data this morning (Wednesday) regarding coronary heart disease data in Israel. Re-spread threshold.

Beginning of the immunization campaign for the entire population, last month // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon, Newsenders

The positive rate, which this morning stands at 4.8% and 5% on the weekly average, also indicates the extent of the infection in the population. According to the researchers, the increase in infection is probably due to the removal of the restrictions and the spread of the British mutation, which infects more than other strains of the virus and which significantly increases the risk of serious illness and hospitalization.

According to the Ministry of Health’s snapshot report, 4,265 people were diagnosed in Corona yesterday out of 91,122 tests performed. 717 patients are in critical condition and 224 of them are respiratory. 5,797 have died so far from the outbreak of the epidemic. 1,195 patients are hospitalized in hospitals.

The infection rate in Arab society is 1.12, a figure that is of particular concern to senior Ministry of Health officials ahead of the wedding season and the approaching month of Ramadan. In the general society, the infection factor is 0.99 and in the ultra-Orthodox society, it is 0.86. The coefficient of infection in all sectors reached 1.

Pregnant woman vaccinated against Corona, in Jerusalem, last week // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

According to the data, 8.3 million vaccines have already been given to 4.8 million vaccinators in Israel. 3.2 million people are already eligible for the green label, which can be obtained one week after the second dose of vaccine. Yesterday, fewer people were vaccinated in the first dose compared to vaccinators in the second dose, also compared to last week – 36,000 vaccinated in the first dose compared to 77,000 a week ago, compared to 58,000 vaccinated in the second dose compared to 70,000 last week. 83% of those aged 50 and over have already been vaccinated.

To date, 4,811,712 Israeli residents have received the first dose (51.74% of the total population) and 3,503,621 of them have also received the second dose (37.68% of the total population).

Fourth closure even before the election?

According to what he said in the program of Golan Yokfaz and Anat Davidov on 103FM, this will “depend on the level of illness, it could be dragged after the election.” Prof. Ash also rejected claims that the election influenced the government’s decision-making: “The program according to which it opens on Sunday is a program we put on the table a few weeks ago. We were very undecided that we meet the indices, but there were the Purim events.”

Professor Hezi Levy, director general of the Ministry of Health, was interviewed about Yishai Shenrav’s program at the GLC, and referred to the New York mutation: “We will see more and more mutations, this is the nature of a virus. We do our best to detect them Or of recovering patients. “

Prof. Levy also spoke about the plan to open the skies, saying that it was a worrying decision: “We are walking a fine line between the need to get Israelis to vote and the steps being taken to stop the mutations, but this is a reality at the moment.” As you may recall, last night the Corona Cabinet approved the cancellation of the Exceptions Committee, a decision that will allow tens of thousands of Israelis to return to Israel.

The Commissioner for the Struggle in the Corona, Professor Nachman Ash, in November // Photo: Yehuda Peretz

The commissioner for the fight against corona in Arab society, Ayman Saif, referred to the increase in morbidity in the Arab sector, saying that 70% of the at-risk population had been vaccinated. “Until two weeks ago, the British variant did not reach Arab society – now it is significant,” he said on Arie Golan’s “This Morning” program here on Monday. “We will focus on the Bedouin population, young people and residents of East Jerusalem – we will use Ramadan as a decisive factor.”

According to the sky-opening plan approved last night, Israelis who have been vaccinated or recovered will be able to fly abroad without restriction, except for tests within 72 hours before returning to Israel and another test after landing in Israel. , And they will be charged both with performing tests before returning to the country and with isolation.

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