4,949 Israelis were diagnosed positive for Corona yesterday - a rate of more than 15%

Israel is in a lock down and the rate of positive corona tests continues to rise: Data from the Ministry of Health show that 4,949 Israelis were diagnosed positive for Corona yesterday (Tuesday). 15% of the tests yesterday were positive - meaning that close to one in 6.6 tests is positive.
The number of verified people is expected to increase in the coming days, after the number of tests during Yom Kippur was very low, so the number of decipherments is still not high compared to last week - by then there were already more than 8,000 verified people a day.
In hospitals around the country, 1,589 corona patients are hospitalized. The number of serious patients reached a new record, 810 serious patients. One week ago the number of patients was hard 665, and since then there has been an increase of about 22%. 203 patients connected to respirators. Among the respirators - a girl under nine and a boy. 73% of respirators are men. The death toll stands at 1,547. Since the virus arrived in Israel in February, 239,222 people have been diagnosed in Israel, 122,340 of them in September. This month, an average of over 4,000 new infections were diagnosed each day.
In Israel, there are 64,608 active patients. In 16 cities across the country there are over 1,000 patients. 7,188 of them are residents of Jerusalem, 4,052 live in Bnei Brak, 2,946 in Ashdod, 2,184 in Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1,795 in Petah Tikva, 1,759 in Netanya, 1,695 in Modi'in Illit, 1,474 in Be'er Sheva, 1,335 in Rishon Lezion, 1,293 in Haifa, 1,286 in Holon, 1,182 in Rehovot, 1,182 in Rehovot, , 1,116 in Elad, 1,059 in Beitar Illit and 1,001 in Ashkelon.
The Corona Information and Knowledge Center report states that the epidemic is spreading rapidly in the last month, reflecting a wide increase in morbidity in the general population and in all sectors at the national level, and is only partially affected by increasing the number of tests. Among adolescents, as well as in the general population.
The IDF Intelligence Division report states that Israel is one of the world leaders in the number of deaths per day from Corona, relative to the size of the population. The number of new patients per day in Israel continues to be the highest in the world in relation to population size. After all, the disease crosses all sectors, localities and ages, "they wrote.
Data presented in the assessment of the situation this morning show the big jump in mortality in Arab society this month, probably due to the "wedding season" there.
According to the HMOs' forecasts before Yom Kippur for fear of a heavy load in the number of tests, this morning they report a significant accumulation of samples in the laboratories and a delay in receiving the results. A letter from the United Health Insurance Fund states that "due to an unusual load in the sampled quantities indicated yesterday, which indicates the trend we expect in the coming days, a delay in the results should be expected. We would like to reflect this to patients One of the main reasons for the congestion is the opening of Home Front Command checkpoints yesterday, which residents could reach even without a doctor's referral.