Despite the closure that lasted for many weeks, the morbidity in the State of Israel from the corona virus continues to be high, and the doctors indicate abnormal loads in the corona wards.
The Ministry of Health updated yesterday that in the last day 7,316 new infections have been diagnosed. Yesterday, 85,739 corona tests were performed, so the percentage of positive tests is 8.6%.
The coefficient of infection, which indicates how many people on average infect a person with corona, dropped to 0.95 – so that the spread of the virus was controlled. The number of active patients in Israel dropped to 76,783, of whom 1,171 were in critical condition, including 335 respirators. The death toll from the virus rose to 4,326 yesterday. To date, 593,578 Israelis have been infected in Corona.
Last weekend we updated on the Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem on a new record in the number of corona patients hospitalized in the center. Currently, more than 120 patients are hospitalized, with about 50 in critical condition. This coming Tuesday, the hospital will open the first dedicated ward in Israel for weaning from the soul for post-corona patients.
Dr. Kobi Habib, director of the hospital, says: “All the departments in Herzog are recruited to help the corona departments in terms of manpower. We are present at the current wave of morbidity, and urge the Jerusalem and Israeli public in general to adhere to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health. And you are saved for your souls. “
At the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, we updated over the weekend that due to the unusual congestion, the Ministry of Health will transfer new Corona patients to other medical centers. This is the peak of Corona patients in the hospital since the outbreak. A record was also recorded of the number of patients connected to the Acme device. There are currently 75 corona patients in the corona wards and intensive care unit at Wolfson Medical Center, including about 40 patients in critical and critical condition. It was also reported that the average age in the department is 67 – about three years lower than the average age in the second wave. Ten young people under the age of 45 are hospitalized in the ward.
An intern at Haemek Hospital in Afula told Maariv: “I have never seen such a load, every record day is broken, and I discover that evil is still ahead of us.”