Alarming update: 1,137 people were diagnosed with the virus during the weekend

The Ministry of Health updated on Saturday evening that over the weekend there was an increase in the number verified to Corona. A total of 1,137 people were diagnosed as infected with the virus from Friday afternoon to Saturday evening. There was also a slight increase in the percentage of positive tests, which is 0.95. There was also an increase in the infection coefficient, which now stands at 1.11. Currently, 81 patients are defined as in critical condition, with 41 of them connected to respirators. Since the outbreak of the plague, 8,232 people have died.
Meanwhile, the new agreements regarding the entrance to the malls will be brought for approval tomorrow at the weekly cabinet meeting. Ministers are also expected to approve the new countries that will be included in the list of red countries - to which Israelis will be banned from flying.
According to the agreements announced last night, in malls and closed commercial areas, a tight purple mark will be applied immediately, according to the occupancy rate of one person per 15 square meters. Immunization stations will be set up in 50 main centers in the malls, and special benefits will be given to those who are vaccinated in the mall. In closed trading complexes it failed due to opposition and disagreements over its implementation.
In the coming days, the ministers will also examine the possibility of applying a green label to any commercial building over 100 square meters. The issue will be discussed in the government, and after regulations are formulated, they will be submitted to a telephone poll by the Corona Cabinet.
In addition, the government is expected to approve tomorrow the updated list of red countries, to which flights by Israelis will be banned. The new countries to be included in the list are the United States, Canada, Portugal, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, Morocco and Belgium.
Last week, Prime Minister Bennett and Health Minister Horowitz agreed that vaccinated and recovering people who return to Israel from red countries will be able to sign the "agreement" after the test at Ben Gurion Airport, thus maintaining the insulation at home and not in a hotel. The test at Ben Gurion Airport, after which they will be transferred to home isolation for a week.
 The ministers will also approve a law that will allow the denial of funding for Corona hotels from unvaccinated passengers who return to Israel. In cases that are examined on their own merits, the state will be able to offer funding to the insulators "depending on the circumstances of the isolation." Currently, all countries in the world that are not defined as red are defined as orange.
Full list of red countries as of today: France, Spain, UAE, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Uganda, Seychelles, Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Aswatini, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Benin, UK, Ghana, Gabon, C Ibuti, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Denmark, South Africa, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Togo, Lesotho, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Niger, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Saint Helena (UK), Chad, Comoros, Cape Verde, Kenya, Cameroon, Reunion (France), Rwanda.