Encouraging data: According to the AMN Information and Knowledge Center report published this morning (Thursday), the infection coefficient continues to decline and stands at 0.68.
Dr. Elrai-Price: “In the next beat we will expand the green note” // Photo: GPO
Prof. Eran Segal of the Weizmann Institute referred in his Twitter account to the rate of decrease in the coefficient of infection and wrote that “the coefficient of infection 0.68 actually represents a weekly decrease of about 50% in cases.” In other words, if this decline continues in Israel, then according to Prof. Segal’s analysis until Pesach, we will continue to see a significant drop in the rate of infection in Israel.
Prof. Segal noted that “this decline exists even though the Israeli economy is almost completely open.” According to him, a test shows that the Israeli vaccine system has been very successful – “People aged 60 and over who were first vaccinated since the peak in mid-January are seen: 86% fewer cases, 73% fewer critically ill and 91% fewer deaths. Decreases seen in all age groups “.
Israel: Updated cases, hospitalizations & deaths across age groups
In people 60 y / o and above, who were vaccinated first, since the peak in mid Jan .:
86% fewer cases
73% fewer critically ill
91% fewer deaths
Declines seen across all age groups
Economy now nearly fully open pic.twitter.com/tOLE9XsHde
– Eran Segal (@segal_eran) March 18, 2021
Another positive figure shows that in the hospitals 580 patients are hospitalized in only serious condition, when only a week ago the average was 675. In addition, yesterday 1,496 people were diagnosed in Corona, and therefore the percentage of positive is 2.
6,062 Israelis died from the outbreak. There has also been a decrease in the mortality rate in Israel, with the death toll rising by an average of 14 daily. Although this is a high number, at the height of the disease the mortality rate was 50 people per day and in recent weeks there have been about 20 deaths per day.