Corona testing complex at Assaf Harofeh Hospital
(Photo: Avi Mualem)
3,498 new infections with the Corona virus were diagnosed yesterday (Sunday) and the positive rate is 4.9% – higher than the average for the last seven days which was 4.45%. The number of tests yesterday was relatively low and stood at about 71,500.
In hospitals across the country, 1,056 corona patients are hospitalized, 590 of them in critical condition. 144 patients connected to respirators. 671 people are infected in hotels and the rest in their homes. Since the outbreak of the plague, 3,226 corona patients have died in Israel, six of them yesterday.
Data from the Ministry of Health show that in the last seven days the rate of positive tests in Jerusalem was 11%, in Bnei Brak 14%, in Tel Aviv 3%, in Haifa 5%, in Ashdod 6%, in Petah Tikva 4%, in Beit Shemesh 11%, in Nazareth 11%, in Rishon To mark 3%, in Be’er Sheva 3%, in Modi’in Illit 14%, in Holon 4%, in Netanya 4%, in Beitar Illit 18%, in Tamra 13%, in Ashkelon 4%, in Shefar’am 11% and in Elad 14%.
Eilat and Dimona are the only two cities in the country that remain green according to the traffic light plan. It should be noted that the decisive color of the settlement was set on December 17, although since then green cities have turned red or orange. The color determined a week and a half ago is what determines the studies in the locality.
(Photo: Nadav Abbes, Meshi Ben Ami)
(Photo: Alex Gamburg, Alex Bortman)
Meanwhile, the “give the shoulder” vaccine campaign is gaining momentum: 379,000 people have been vaccinated in Israel so far and the rate is starting to rise. Yesterday we vaccinated almost 100,000 people.
the minister of Health July Edelstein He said that the figure that places Israel at the top of the list of vaccinators in the world comes “thanks to the amazing work of the Ministry of Health, the HMOs, the hospitals and MDA. And most of all – thanks to you, the citizens of Israel, that you get involved and get vaccinated. We will continue like this, and we will also increase the pace even further. “Yesterday, 98,916 people were vaccinated.
yesterday morning Officially expanded The corona vaccine campaign for hospitals: Sheba in Tel Hashomer, Wolfson in Holon and Ichilov in Tel Aviv began vaccinating not only the medical staff as they did last week – but also those aged 60 and over, as well as rescue workers, including Magen David Adom workers and volunteers. .
A little more than two months after the end of the second closure, the State of Israel entered a third closure at 5:00 PM yesterday, intended to reduce the increase in the rate of those infected with the corona virus. At night, 380 checkpoints will be set up across the country, and during the day there will be 21 skipping checkpoints that will randomly check drivers on the road.