The Ministry of Health reported Monday night that 5,425 new cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed out of about 63,000 tests performed in the past 24 hours, meaning that 8.6% of all tests performed well. result.
There were 1,079 COVID-19 patients in the hospital in critical condition, of which 307 were ventilated
Coronavirus Ward as Ziv Medical Center in Safed
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Out of 68,044 Israelis fighting the virus nationwide, Jerusalem reported the most active cases in any other Israeli city, with 9,645 active patients. The capital is then followed by Bnei Brak with 3,593 active cases, Tel Aviv with 2,521, Petah Tikva with 2,241 and Modi’in Illit with 2,196.
The national COVID-19 death toll reached 5,171 deaths after 43 Israelis died due to coronavirus-related complications on Sunday and eight others on Monday.
With the Ministry of Health’s afternoon update, around 35,000 more people received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and a further 46,000 received the second dose increase.
To date, 23.12% of the population of Israel has received both views.
A health worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine in Hod Hasharon
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Earlier on Monday, Health Ministry Chief Hezi Levy said that if Israeli coronavirus numbers do not improve soon, officials may consider suspending lockouts during the Easter holidays for a second time. years in a row,
In an interview, Levy told the Ynet studio that Israel is “walking down a slope” as the country began lifting some restrictions after a weekly general closure despite an increase in COVID-19 cases.
“I am very concerned that the lock-in did not bring down the number of serious cases and deaths to the levels we wanted and saw in previous closures,” he said. it is possible that we will do that [impose restrictions on Passover], for the second year in a row, unfortunately. “