The plague is stopped? For the first time in two months: the coefficient of infection has dropped below 1

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8,174 people were diagnosed yesterday (Wednesday) with the Corona virus, the Ministry of Health said this morning. According to the ministry’s update, as of 06:17, yesterday, 93,283 tests were performed to detect the virus, so that the rate of positive results stands at 9%.

Health Minister Edelstein, on Monday: “It is impossible to live with an average of 8,160 verified per day”

In addition, according to an AMN report, the infection rate dropped below 1, for the first time in two months. This means that each person infects less than one person, which may signal inhibition of the plague. In addition, Since midnight, 14,620 tests have been performed, 984 have been found to be positive – and the rate of positive to date so far stands at 6.7%. There are currently 82,401 active Corona patients in Israel, 1,901 of whom are hospitalized and 1,132 of them are in critical condition. 367 of the patients are in critical condition and 317 are resuscitated.

Since the outbreak of the plague, 4,179 corona patients have died from the virus in Israel – 21 of them yesterday. 4,268 healthcare professionals have been found to be infected with the virus and are in isolation, 444 of them are male and female doctors and 1,098 are brothers and sisters.

Corona test performed in Jerusalem, yesterday // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

The Ministry of Health also reported that 2,364,828 people received the first vaccine against the corona (26.61% of the Israeli population), while 691,876 of them received the second vaccine (7.79% of the population). According to an AMN report, Israel is leading the rest of the world in the number of vaccinations per capita – however, the vaccination of the population aged 60 and over has been advancing at a very slow pace in recent days, even though 80% of them were vaccinated at least .

According to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, 71,000 people received their first dose of the corona vaccine yesterday, and 134,000 received the second dose: “Thank you to the medical staff for the wonderful work!”

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