99,079 Israelis received 3rd vaccine over the weekend - 11,942 Israelis were diagnosed positive

99,079 Israelis received their third vaccine over the weekend. A total of 1,365,887 received the booster dose. This is according to data published tonight (Saturday) by the Ministry of Health. In addition, 7,249 Israelis received the first dose of the vaccine.
Data from the Ministry of Health show that 6.7% of those aged 40 to 49 have already received the third vaccine dose, as have 34% of those aged 50 to 59, 58.5% of those aged 60 to 69, 74.6% of those aged 70 to 79, 70.4% of those aged 80 to 89 and 65.1 % Among people aged 90 and over.
At the same time, there was an increase over the weekend in the number of patients and also in the number of patients in critical condition and respirators. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 1,055 corona patients are hospitalized in hospitals across the country, 645 of them in critical condition - a record number in the fourth wave. Of the 110 serious patients connected to respirators - this is also the peak of the fourth wave.
Over the weekend, 11,942 Israelis were diagnosed as positive for Corona, 7,761 on Friday and 4,181 so far on Saturday. On Friday, about 150,000 tests were performed and the positive rate without recovery tests was 5.45%. Today, about 79,000 tests have been solved so far and the rate of positives remains similar. At the end of the week, 15 corona patients died in Israel, and since the beginning of the month, 297 patients - almost all aged 60 and over.
In Israel, there are over 67,500 active patients. In Tel Aviv (orange city according to the traffic light) 3,508 active patients, in Ashdod (red) 3,202, in Jerusalem (orange) 2,713, in Netanya (orange) 2,626, in Rishon Lezion (red) 2,449, in Petah Tikva (orange) 2,039, in Be'er Sheva (red) 1,830, in Rehovot (red) 1,689, in Holon (orange) 1,656, in Ashkelon (red) 1,629, in Haifa (orange) 1,629, in Bnei Brak (red) 1,333, in Ramat Gan (orange) 1,190, in Bat Yam (orange) 1,096 and in Hadera (orange) 1,054.
At the end of Shabbat, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett issued a statement reiterating the message that "one must live and study alongside the Corona." He updated that tomorrow in the Corona Cabinet "we will make the decision for the final approval of the program" for the resumption of studies in the education system, and detailed:
"Post-primary students will be vaccinated and will study as usual from September 1. I call on parents to hurry up and make sure to vaccinate all your children over the age of 12 this week before the start of the school year. A class with at least 70% students vaccinated In class until the peak of the epidemic passes, if they are in a red locality.
"If during the course one of the students is found verified by Corona, the class will continue to study as usual (since everyone will be vaccinated), and we will perform tests for the other students to make sure they are not infected."
As for elementary and kindergarten students (pre-compulsory and above), according to Bennett "here the story is different. They cannot yet be vaccinated because of their young age, so our goal is to make sure the classroom is as free of corona as possible.
"We will make sure that even before the start of the school year the parents receive a kit for a home test of Corona (free) and you will be asked to perform the test one day before the start of the year. If the child is positive, he will of course stay home until recovery. The book with a note from the parents confirming it.
"We will try as much as possible to study in ventilated places or in the open, and we are making many more adjustments to the situation. We have formulated a procedure for one of the children in the class to be positive, and we are now testing it in pilots.