Health Minister Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein reported this morning (Sunday) on vaccination data for the first vaccination week - including over the weekend.
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""We continue to rise. We are finishing the first week of vaccinations with an incredible number of 280,000 vaccinated, 68,000 of them last weekend," the minister noted.
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Edelstein added: "We continue to vaccinate for you, we continue to protect Israel.".
Tonight at 5:00 PM, Israel will enter its third lockdown, with the hope that if the vaccination campaign progresses as planned, it will be the last lockdown.
Ministry of Health data shows that during the 24-hour period ending last night at midnight, 2,630 new cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed in Israel. During the 24-hour period, the results of 64,662 tests were received. The rate of positive tests was 4.1 percent.
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, 399,642 people have been diagnosed with the virus in Israel.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 3,210 people have died.
The number of infected people who have recovered from the virus stands at 360,908 this morning, while 35,525 of those infected are defined as active cases this morning.
1,054 of those infected are hospitalized. Of those hospitalized, 584 coronavirus patients are in serious condition, 133 of whom are on ventilators. The condition of 178 additional patients is in moderate condition.
