1,506 Israelis were diagnosed with Corona on Friday - The infection rate rose to 2.5%

The Ministry of Health has updated that 1,506 people were diagnosed in Corona in the past day i.e. Friday. This increased the number of verified infections in Israel to 343,665. Yesterday, results were obtained for 61,537 tests, with the percentage of positive for the virus being 2.5%. The test data and their results are not final and may change in subsequent updates from the Ministry of Health.
The number of active patients is 13,054. The hospitals hospitalize 552 patients, of whom 97 are respirators and 314 are seriously ill. To date, 2,901 people have died from the corona virus in Israel. This is a continuation of the rising trend in viral morbidity in recent days.
Yesterday, 1,434 people were diagnosed in Corona. The number of tests was 64,787, of which 2.3% were positive for the virus. According to the Ministry of Health, there are currently 27 localities defined as red, 28 orange, 67 yellow and 1,139 green. The red cities are Shefar'am, Kfar Manda, Majdal Shams, Sha'av, Yafia, Jash (Gush Halav), Ma'ale Iron, Daliyat al-Carmel, Kedumim, Eilabun, Hurfish, Majd al-Krum, Evelyn, III Julia, Qalansawa, Mashhad, restaurant, Kfar Kanna, Buqata, Taibeh, Iksal, Beit Jen, Isfahan, Kawkab, Nazareth and Kfar Metzar.
At the same time, the National Security Agency's Corona Information and Knowledge Center report warned today that "at the current growth rate, for every two more days that the existing infection rate is maintained, a full closure day will be required to restore the status quo ante." The latter.
The reports of the Information and Knowledge Center are produced daily by the IDF Intelligence Division on the basis of the Ministry of Health's morbidity data. The documents are prepared at the request of the Ministry of Health, but according to the CEO, Prof.
On Thursday, HMO officials said that four million doses of Pfizer vaccines against Corona are expected to arrive in Israel by the end of the month. According to the sources, the Ministry of Health clarified that they must prepare to start vaccinating the patients as early as January. A senior HMO official estimated that there is a "good chance that in February we will be in another world."
At a zoom meeting held that day attended by all hospital administrators with the Ministry of Health, they were also told to prepare to vaccinate the medical staff as early as January. After the medical staffs will start vaccinating risk groups like senior citizens, and then vaccinate the rest of the population, with children or patients recovering from the virus not being vaccinated, at least in the first stage.
The policy in the hospitals will be to first check the vaccinated person with a serological test, to check if there are any antibodies in his body. Thus, those who have already been exposed to the virus will not be vaccinated. Sources in the HMOs stated that the intention is to wait for the FDA approval for the vaccine, which is scheduled for December 10, and that in any case the vaccines are expected to arrive in Israel after this date.

8,101 were diagnosed with Corona last week

The Ministry of Health updated that 8,101 people were diagnosed with Corona last week - a figure that is 34% higher than the week before, when 6,036 people were diagnosed with the virus. This is the third week in a row that there has been an upward trend since the second closure, and at its peak since the lifting of restrictions, with the total number of infections in Israel since the outbreak of the epidemic standing at 341,544. Also 57 people died this week - down from last week, when 92 people died. The total death toll from the virus now stands at 2,891.
In the last day, 1,434 people have been diagnosed with corona carriers. Out of 64,787 tests, the positive rate is 2.3%. The test data and their results are not final and may change in subsequent updates from the Ministry of Health.
In addition, the number of respirators is 101 - a decrease of 16 people compared to the previous week, when the number was 117. Last week the number of respirators decreased by 17 people.
On the other hand, there has been an increase in the number of patients in critical condition. Compared to 275 such patients in the previous week, there are now 287 - a decrease of 12 patients. By comparison, the previous week the number of critically ill patients dropped by 29.
The number of active patients is 11,761, an increase of 2,186 from last week, when the figure stood at 9,575. Also, 537 corona patients are hospitalized in the hospitals - an increase of 33 from the previous week.
According to the Ministry of Health, there are 27 localities defined as red, 28 orange, 67 yellow and 1,139 green. The red cities are Shefar'am, Kfar Manda, Majdal Shams, Sha'av, Yafia, Jash (Gush Halav), Ma'ale Iron, Daliyat al-Carmel, Kedumim, Eilabun, Hurfish, Majd al-Krum, Evelyn, III Julia, Qalansawa, Mashhad, restaurant, Kfar Kanna, Buqata, Taibeh, Iksal, Beit Jen, Isfahan, Kawkab, Nazareth and Kfar Metzar.
At the same time, the National Security Agency's Corona Information and Knowledge Center report warned today that "at the current growth rate, for every two more days that the existing infection rate is maintained, a full closure day will be required to restore the status quo ante." The latter.
The reports of the Information and Knowledge Center are produced daily by the IDF Intelligence Division on the basis of the Ministry of Health's morbidity data. The documents are prepared at the request of the Ministry of Health, but according to the CEO, Prof.
The director general of the Ministry of Health warned last night against public complacency ahead of the arrival of vaccines against the corona virus. At a press conference he convened he said that “along with the optimism generated by the vaccines along the way, we must not be more complacent and permissive. We must continue with the social distance. "He noted that according to the ministry's estimate, the order of recoverers or the number of people who have developed antibodies to the virus ranges from 700,000 to one million people in Israel.
Levy noted the increase in morbidity, detailing that "the verified rate is 2.6%, and the infection rate is 1.2. These data indicate an increase. In early November there were between 500-600 verified per day, but there is no significant increase in inpatients in critical condition or mortality."
He said, "If we have talked so far about an increase in the Arab sector, it has also moved to an increase in the general sector. The morbidity is turning many cities red and orange, and this is affecting education and restrictions." He clarified that new restrictions need to be discussed, in order to stop the rise, and clarified that "the question is whether we are slowing down the ways out of quarantine as we initially thought. At best we will not move forward, and at worst we will retreat."
As for the possibility of imposing further restrictions, the Director General of the Ministry of Health clarified that “We intend to address the increase in morbidity in several ways, one of the ways being considered is a night curfew. In addition, we intend to impose isolation on returnees from red states, treat all sectors and authorities with information, help and closure in bright red cities. " In the leakage of the disease from there. "