Corona: 8,646 were diagnosed Monday, highest number since February 1st - 580 in critical condition

8,646 were diagnosed yesterday (Monday) as positive for Corona - the highest number since February 1st. Data from the Ministry of Health show that about 143,000 corona tests were performed yesterday - a record number of tests since the outbreak of the plague. The positive rate continues to rise and stood at 6.2%. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 926 corona patients are hospitalized in hospitals across the country, 559 of them in critical condition. This is an increase of 31 new serious patients compared to the number yesterday. The number of critically ill patients connected to respirators has decreased slightly and stands at 89.

From Monday at midnight to Tuesday at ten o'clock in the evening, 6,611 infections were diagnosed in Israel out of more than one hundred and forty thousand tests. The rate of positive tests - 6.2%.
580 people are hospitalized in critical condition, 98 of whom are connected to respirators. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 6,740 people have died in Israel from its coronation.
The vaccination rate remains high, with about 100,000 vaccine doses given yesterday. 88,871 Israelis received the third vaccine dose yesterday, 6,964 received the first vaccine dose and another 4,575 the second. A total of 1,052,615 people received the third vaccine dose. The highest rate of vaccination at these ages is among those aged 70 to 79, where the vaccination rate stands at 68.5%. The lowest rate is among those aged 60 to 69 - 51.3%. Meanwhile, 17.2% of 50- to 59-year-olds, who began vaccinating last Friday, received the third shot.
The data also show that more than 69,000 Israelis have received the first dose of the vaccine since the beginning of the month. 14,131 of them since the beginning of the week. However, according to the Ministry of Health - 1,015,000 Israelis aged 12 and over have not yet received even the first dose of the vaccine.
Since the outbreak of the plague, 6,694 corona patients have died in Israel - 13 of them yesterday. Since the beginning of the month, 216 corona patients have died in Israel, compared with 52 in July, 8 in June, 34 in May and 168 in April. In March, the number of deaths was higher - 453.
In Israel, there are over 55,000 active patients. 3,157 of them live in Tel Aviv, 2,456 in Ashdod, 2,407 in Netanya, 2,103 in Jerusalem, 2,049 in Rishon Lezion, 1,946 in Petah Tikva, 1,565 in Be'er Sheva, 1,548 in Holon, 1,342 in Haifa, 1,320 in Ashkelon, 1,300 in Rehovot, 1,019 in Ramat Gan, 981 in Bnei Brak, 970 in Bat Yam , 925 in Hadera and 749 in Kiryat Gat.
And the importance of the vaccine will be evidenced by the following data, published by the Ministry of Health: Among those aged 60 and under - the proportion of patients who are severe in relation to 100,000 residents is almost three times higher than the Ministry of the unvaccinated. Among those aged 60 and over, the rate is higher and it stands at almost 8 - 154.7 serious patients out of 100,000 who have not been vaccinated, compared with 19.8 per 100,000 for those who have been vaccinated.
Due to the increase in morbidity, there are 44 red cities and 41 red localities in Israel, including: Kiryat Bialik, Givat Zeev, Dimona, Shoham, Kiryat Malachi, Rechasim, Kiryat Ata, Arad, Modi'in Illit, Acre, Migdal Haemek, Kiryat Gat, Or Yehuda, Ofakim, Hadera, Safed, Tiberias, Kiryat Motzkin, Ashkelon, Modi'in Maccabim Reut, Even Yehuda, Lod, Ramla, Elad, Yavne, Givat Shmuel, Netivot, Beit She'an, Rehovot, Beer Yaakov and several quarters in Ashdod.
Meanwhile, the serological testing operation, which began last week in schools in the ultra-Orthodox sector, will be extended from Sunday to all sectors and will last ten days. The purpose of the tests, among 1.6 million kindergarten children aged 3 and over and students up to the age of 12, was to locate children who had recovered from the corona and covert recoverers who did not know they were ill - in order to reduce their isolation.
The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, ordered the suspension of specialization courses in the nursing system in order to strengthen the health care system. To specialize in them will be discontinued for the purpose of reinforcing the medical staffs.
The letter said that "the purpose of the cessation is to immediately reinforce the teams of brothers and sisters in the health system in order to prepare for the reference scenario for aggravation of the spread of the disease caused by the Delta virus," Goldberg wrote. According to the Ministry of Health's reference scenario, by September 10, there will be 4,800 hospitalized patients, 2,400 of them in critical condition. Goldberg noted that "every effort will be made to complete the missing school days as soon as possible and to meet the course schedule as much as possible to spread the disease."