The spread of the virus continues to slow with severe cases down to its lowest level since December.

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The Israeli coronavirus outbreak continued to slow down Monday as new infections and hospitals fell to their lowest level since December.

The Ministry of Health said 1,299 new coronavirus infections were detected out of about 47,500 tests performed since midnight, bringing the country’s infection rate to 2.7%.

Of the 26,784 people who were ill with the virus, 958 were hospitalized and 603 were in a serious condition. This is the lowest number of critically ill COVID-19 patients since the end of December 2020. There were also 217 airway-associated coronavirus patients.

Monday earlier, Ichilov Tel Aviv Hospital announced the closure of their last coronavirus ward and the transfer of their last 18 coronavirus patients to a designated fertilizer.

After eight deaths on Monday, the number of Israelis who have contracted the virus since the outbreak began has reached 6,029.

According to health officials, more than 4,250,000 Israelis have already given both doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

Israel’s chief coronavirus health officer, Prof. Nachman Ash said the country would only reach herd protection once seven million of its citizens were vaccinated but that would include children under the age of 16 who were not yet eligible for the kick.

Prof. Ash said Israel could start vaccinating children before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves its use on children and will decide on the case once Pfizer’s clinical trials are completed in a month or two, according to him.

Ash also confirmed that officials were debating reducing the scope of coronavirus testing across the country.

“About 20% of those who reach the test facilities have the vaccine, which I don’t think is reasonable,” he said. [those who wish to get tested] brought forward for testing not by a personal physician, but by their health care provider. We still don’t know when we’re going to do this. “

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