Military Intelligence: For the first time since the beginning of the easing of the lockdown - an increase in patients in serious condition

November 22, 2020   

According to the Intelligence Agency report published this morning (Sunday), an increase in the number of new hospitalizations and new patients in serious condition was recorded in the past week - for the first time in about a month and a half. "Continuing the easing without the extra caution that accompanies them (wearing masks, adhering to social distancing, enforcing guidelines, etc.) is expected to accelerate the level of morbidity," the report states. Have you been suffering from depression lately? Are you eligible for National Insurance?’ Nativ Real Estate Company celebrates 30 • And how will you earn benefits that will not come back? The report also shows that data from the Central Bureau of Statistics shows a high correlation between the excess mortality in recent months compared to the corresponding period in previous years and the number of deaths from the coronavirus during this period (approximately 2,000 people). In addition, the report reveals that in the survey tests carried out among teaching staff, 33 confirmed cases of the virus were detected out of 857 tested, an infection rate of 3.91%. In 74 survey tests among yeshiva students, no cases of infection were detected. In nursing homes, two patients were detected out of 440 tests, a positive rate of 0.51. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said this morning that the State of Israel is negotiating with additional companies to purchase vaccines for the coronavirus.

""Vaccines will arrive in small shipments at the beginning of the year""

In an interview given by the Minister of Health to the program "This Morning" on Channel 2, he said that he never wanted to create a mandatory vaccination law: "It was a wild slander by someone in the media. To the best of my knowledge, there is no democratic country that has such a law. This does not exempt me from the need to bring a sufficient amount of vaccines for all citizens." In an interview with the program "Good Morning Israel" on the Galatians, he said: "According to the optimistic scenario - at the beginning of next year, vaccines will begin to arrive in small shipments. If everything goes well, we will be able to see mass vaccinations towards mid-2021." Referring to the possibility of a third lockdown being imposed, he said: "You can't open both and neither. We don't want to reach a third lockdown, but if we continue on this path - we will go there.".

Israel now has 8 "red" and 22 "orange" cities"

The Ministry of Health updated this morning that 415 people were diagnosed with the virus yesterday, out of 15,343 tests performed. This brings the confirmed rate to 2.81%. The ministry's update also shows that 1,630 tests have been performed since midnight, 57 of which came back positive, so that the confirmed rate so far stands at 3.51. There are currently 8,479 active patients in Israel, 534 of whom are hospitalized. 313 of whom are in serious condition and 131 are on ventilators. 2,757 people have died from the virus since the outbreak of the epidemic in Israel. The data also shows that based on the new confirmed cases, the overall infection rate is 1.06. Based on newly hospitalized cases, the overall infection rate is 1.11 and 1.05 based on new patients in serious condition. In the Arab sector, the infection rate is 1.06, and in the Haredi sector, it is 0.98. Currently, there are eight "red" and 22 "orange" cities in Israel.