43 people have been diagnosed positive for the Corona virus in the past 24 hours - 238 died so far

43 people have been diagnosed as positive for the Corona virus in the last day. This is according to the Ministry of Health data released on Tuesday evening. This represents an increase of 0.26%. Since Saturday night, only 104 new patients have been diagnosed. It has been over a week that the daily growth rate does not exceed one percent. 5,586 people are now defined as active patients, and 10,465 have recovered.
In the last day, there was also a 4% increase in the number of recoverers. 91 of the patients are in a difficult situation - only one patient increase compared to yesterday.
Three people have died in the last day as a result of the virus, and the death toll currently stands at 238.
The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that in the past three days 11 new corona patients were diagnosed in Jerusalem, compared with 99 in the previous update. In total, 3,579 patients were diagnosed in Jerusalem - 2,036 of whom had already recovered and 55 died. That is, there are currently 1,488 active patients in the capital, which is about a quarter of the number of active patients nationwide.
Bnei Brak, according to the data, another 11 patients have been diagnosed in the last three days. A total of 2,864 patients were diagnosed in the city, 1,814 of them already recovered and 33 died. There are now 1,017 active patients in the city, which was closed last month.
The government will today announce the decision to compel returnees from abroad to enter the hotel in isolation until the beginning of next week. In the meantime, discussions on the possibility of eliminating the isolation obligation to return abroad due to the Corona virus and finding alternatives will continue. Thus, it was decided in the hearing that Minister of Internal Security Gilad Arden was attended by Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Motti Cohen, and representatives of the Ministry of Defense, Finance, Interior, Health, Justice, the IDF and the National Security Staff.
 Dr. Boaz Lev, head of the epidemic team at the Ministry of Health, said that despite the positive data and the new relief, there is still a fear of an outbreak. Probably no more than 10%. The implication is that there is no herd immunity and that of course requires us in different behavior. "
Neighborhood 9 (Kwa'in) and Neighborhood 10 in the Hura community in the Negev were declared a restricted area by the competent ministerial committee, until this Sunday. The previous restrictions on Hura expired on Tuesday morning.
The death toll due to the Corona virus worldwide has crossed the quarter of a million, after verified infections reached more than 3.5 million, even though the death rate has slowed in recent days. Most deaths and infections have occurred in North America and European countries, but the numbers continue to rise to smaller outbreak centers in South America, Africa and Russia. In India, a new record was recorded for the number of newly diagnosed viruses, while in Russia, the number of infected people crossed the threshold of 150,000.
The Tel Aviv municipality will return parking reports tomorrow, after it has ceased due to priorities dictated by the Corona crisis. Inspectors will enforce all traffic offenses, including serious parking offenses, blue-and-white preferred parking, enforcement through enforcement cameras and the High Court, as well as routine towing activities.
The Secret Services Subcommittee has approved the extension of the use of Shin Bet in just three weeks, compared to the six weeks requested by the government.
1,680 out of 5,516 patients identified by GSS telephone records have also been identified by regular investigations - said the Deputy Spokesman, Adv. Raz Nazri during the discussion on the hospitalization. Corona patients.
7% of people who were notified that they were committed to isolation were found to be patients in Corona, according to data from the Ministry of Health and the Shin Bet. The data was forwarded to the hearing on the extension of Shin Bet's telephone records, to be held later today. 5,516 patients have been identified by the ISA to date. However, some may have gone into isolation anyway due to an epidemiological investigation or knowledge of contact with a patient, and it is impossible to know how many patients were detected only through the hospital.