Health

In the last two weeks, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of deaths as a result of corona complications and the number of patients in critical condition. According to the Ministry of Health, in recent days there have been about 40 deaths from corona every day. These data are not updated on the Ministry of Health website, and these are only updated retrospectively - after death certificates are received and confirmation that the main cause of death is corona and not other diseases. By comparison, at the height of the third wave in January last year, the death toll reached 60

Snow fell tonight in the northern and central mountains and in Jerusalem. The capital was painted white and the access roads to it - one, four-four-three and the tunnel road - were blocked. There will be no studies in Jerusalem today. At several points in the east of the city and in Beit Safafa, stones were thrown at the leveling vessels. The light rail and police vehicles were also stoned. Police arrested twenty-two suspects. Due to the storm, no studies will be held today in Mevaseret Zion, the northern Golan Heights, Safed, Kiryat Arba and the Gush Etzion Regional Council

1,256,077 Israelis were diagnosed from the beginning of the month until yesterday afternoon (Thursday) as positive for Corona. This is according to data from the Ministry of Health. This is the highest monthly number of verified people since the outbreak of the plague and in fact 47.5% of all verified people - since the first Israeli received a positive answer in the corona test - were diagnosed this month. Data from the Ministry of Health show that from Sunday to Thursday at noon, 405,667 Israelis were diagnosed as positive for Corona. For comparison, in January and February 2021 - the...

The night between Sunday and Monday almost completely reduced the validity of the "green mark" that Israeli citizens were asked to display at the entrance to public and closed places, thus removing another significant part of the restrictions that accompanied the Corona period in general and the Omicron wave in particular. The decision was made by the Corona Cabinet in parallel with the gradual decrease in the number of infections and the coefficient of infection, which has fallen below 1 in recent days. In its decision to abolish the green label, the government was assisted by the backing...

The number of corona patients in critical condition has decreased slightly and stands at 1,254. In the morning a record was set when 1,263 positive for Corona were hospitalized in critical condition, and as of the evening hours 288 of the critically ill patients are connected to respirators. Data from the Ministry of Health show that at midnight 30,924 positive for Corona were diagnosed. This brings the number of verified persons from the beginning of the year to 1,805,109. This is an average of almost 49,000 positives a day. On Sunday, another 16 corona patients died and the number of...

After 32 days in which more than 30,000 verified patients were diagnosed each day, Thursday 27,723 positives were diagnosed for Corona. The coefficient of infection continues to decline slowly and stands at 0.76. The dismal figure is that since the beginning of the year, 1,980,823 positives have been diagnosed in Corona in Israel, and for some 182,000 of them this was not the first time they have been infected with the virus. Data from the Ministry of Health show that there has been a further decrease in the number of patients in a difficult and positive situation for Corona. As of noon,...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is promoting the abolition of most corona restrictions by early next month. Bennett sought to examine the issue of removing the restrictions added in the omicron wave in an initial consultation that had already taken place, in which it was decided that the removal of all restrictions should be gradually examined. In a discussion held by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday evening, a list of recommendations was formulated for changes in the guidelines that will be presented to Bennett tomorrow: cancel the corona test abroad before returning to Israel, and...

132,275 Israelis were diagnosed last week as positive for Corona, 10,354 of them yesterday (Saturday). For comparison, in the week between February 6 and 12, 240,756 positive for the virus were diagnosed in Israel, a decrease of about 45%. If the downward trend continues at a similar pace, it is likely that in the coming days less than 10,000 positive viruses will be diagnosed in Israel in the next few days. At the same time, the coefficient of infection has remained stable over the past three days and stands at 0.67 - indicating a decline in the epidemic. Data from the Ministry of Health...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is consulting with Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and senior officials of his ministry following the increase in infection rates. The discussion presented the morbidity data in Israel as well as the morbidity situation in the world, with an emphasis on the focal points of the outbreak in China and Hong Kong. The discussion presented the information currently available on the BA2 strain and the combined strain of the Omicron. At the end of the discussion, it was decided that the obligation to wear masks in closed spaces would continue at this stage and be...

12,869 people were diagnosed yesterday with Corona, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday. The coefficient of infection, which indicates the number of people who infect a patient on average, rose to 1.23. When the infection coefficient is higher than 1, it means that the plague is spreading. According to the data, the number of patients in a stable severe condition: there are 328 severe patients in the hospitals, of which 143 are respirators