Corona damage: At Rambam Hospital, a 17-year-old boy is being treated in a very serious condition, which is in danger of death due to the virus’ damage to the heart muscle.
A 17-year-old boy in critical condition after falling ill in Corona and injuring his heart muscle // Photo: Rambam spokeswoman
Maimonides’ director of pediatric intensive care, Dr. Yossi Ben-Ari, updated on his condition: “On Saturday we received a boy with corona who has a severe heart infection. “Corona,”
Meanwhile, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said this morning that since the start of the vaccination campaign in Corona, 1.224 million Israelis have received the vaccine. “We win the vaccine race, but unfortunately we lose the battle against the mutation,” Edelstein said. “The rise in morbidity should worry any elected official who needs to remember that his first commitment is public health.”
At the same time, this morning the Ministry of Health published the latest corona disease data, which shows that 5,135 of the 79,395 tests for the virus performed yesterday were found to be positive, so that the rate of positive results stands at 6.6%.
The data also show that there are currently 49,643 active patients in Israel, 1,314 of whom are hospitalized in Israel. 242 of the patients are in critical condition, 731 others in critical condition and 207 in moderate condition. 201 of the patients are respiratory. To date, 3,416 people have died from the virus in Israel. In addition, there are currently 4,305 verified and isolated staff members in health care – 522 of them are doctors and 1,146 are brothers and sisters.
Since midnight, 10,829 tests have been performed, 513 of which have turned out to be positive – so the rate of positive results as of the 06:08 update is 4.7%.