The Ministry of Health updated that 532 people have been diagnosed with Corona - 1.7% infection rate

Posted on Oct 24, 2020 by Ifi Reporter - Dan Bielski

The Ministry of Health updated tonight (Tuesday) that 532 people have been diagnosed with Corona untill 2200 Tuesday. This increased the number of verified infections in Israel to 320,661 Yesterday. The results were obtained for 32,361 tests, with the percentage of positive for the virus beingless than 2%. 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 8,137. 562 patients are hospitalized, of which 135 are respirators and 306 are seriously ill. To date, 2,684 people have died from the corona virus in Israel. 
Sunday, corona project Roni Gamzo visited Umm al-Fahm, where he gave an overview of the morbidity and coping with the plague. "The number of tests must be increased. The fewer tests are done, the less likely they are to be detected, and the doubling ratio increases," Gamzo told the city leadership.
Gamzo explained that "in Umm al-Fahm there are almost 12% positive tests." He scolded the supporters of the relief and said: "You can not succeed in eliminating the plague like this. It is impossible to open the schools like this because the children will come to school positive. 40 children in the class, Alek do not want me capsules in first and second grades, 40 children, winter "Everything is closed, oven and people say: I will have a wedding but I will be careful. How is it possible? Not with 40 or 60 people, it is not possible now."
"Majdal Shams will be fine in a little while, because of weddings of course. No one scattered Corona from the sky there. Here too - you will have a closure for another two or three weeks. Check the city," he concluded. The Umm al-Fahm municipality presented Gamzo with a number of difficulties, such as gatherings at weddings and people returning from abroad without entering isolation.


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