The Ministry of Health published today (Monday) the daily snapshot of coronary heart disease in Israel, in which it emerged that the coefficient of infection in the general society has exceeded 1 And now stands at 1.01, indicating that the plague has moved from a braking trend to a spreading trend. The overall coefficient of infection also rose to 0.96. At the same time, the average daily infection graph also reflects the slowdown in the declining trend in morbidity data.
Earlier in the day, the ministry said 5,140 new verified corona cases were detected yesterday out of 54,737 tests. The rate of positive results continues to be high and stands at 9.7%. According to the data, out of almost 4,800 corona victims, 1,433 died during the last month of January – more than a quarter. In January, an average of 46 patients died daily.
The data also showed that the total number of active patients was 68,331, of whom 1,140 were in critical condition and 315 were respirated. Yesterday, 31 patients died and the total number of victims from the outbreak is 4,796.
Rate of spread of the variant in Israel
According to traffic light data, the city of Sderot has become red, as has almost all of Jerusalem: Today, the Old City joined the long list of red neighborhoods, which includes Neve Ya’akov, Ramat Shlomo, Ramot, Bukharim-Geula-Mea Shearim, Beit Vagan, Sanhedria-Ramat Eshkol, Har Nof, Kiryat Menachem-Givat Masua, Romema, Givat Shaul-Givat Mordechai, Lev Ha’ir-Musrara, Pisgat Ze’ev, Gonenim, Gilo, Homat Shmuel, French Hill-Givat Hamivtar, Kfar Akev, Kiryat Hayovel-Ramat Sharet-Malcha, Baka- Talpiot-Arnona.
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The Ministry of Health also updated that 3,081,162 Israelis have already been vaccinated in the first dose and 1,790,121 have been vaccinated in the second dose of the corona vaccine. Yesterday, we vaccinated 74,304 Israelis in the first dose and 547,574 vaccinated in the second dose.
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Slowing down the rate of vaccination of the elderly
However, in recent days only 3% of vaccines have been directed at the elderly population, even though they make up 48% of those hospitalized in critical condition. Currently 542 elderly people are hospitalized in critical condition of which 106 are connected to the respirator.
Moshe Cohen, CEO of Yad Sara: “As of this morning, 54,000 people aged 70 and over have not yet received a single dose of vaccine, many of them due to limited accessibility. We are in a race against the clock, in an attempt to save the lives of as many seniors as possible. We drive dozens of elderly people every day but need the help of the citizens and call for vigilance for family members, acquaintances and elderly people with limited mobility who have not yet been vaccinated.
The government also approved the continued closure of Ben Gurion Airport this week as well as the establishment of a special exceptions committee that will examine the obligation of isolation for anyone entering the country.