The Ministry of Health announced that 674 confirmed cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed yesterday (Friday). An additional 138 confirmed cases were diagnosed between midnight and 4:00 PM on Saturday.
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Yesterday, 31,586 tests were conducted to detect the virus, of which 2.1% were found positive.
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The death toll from complications of the virus since the outbreak of the pandemic in Israel has risen to 2,523 people.
The number of active patients in Israel is 10,684. Of these, 419 patients are in critical condition, 182 of whom are on ventilators.
Coronavirus Commissioner Prof. Gamzo today addressed the surge in morbidity among Arab society: "We can say clearly - there is a renewed outbreak of the coronavirus in Arab society," Gamzo said during a visit to Foreidis. "Even if we detect 200-250 cases, there are thousands of confirmed cases in Arab communities. Most people are asymptomatic.
""The outbreak could grow like this, producing patients in serious condition and many deaths. We must prevent this - and the best way is testing.".
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Meanwhile, three days before the presidential election, the United States passed another grim milestone last night, according to Reuters, when over 100,000 new infections were reported in a single day. The total number of people infected with the pandemic so far now stands at more than 9 million, almost 31% of the country's total population.
The abnormal increase is also evident in hospitals, which are at the brink of their ability to handle the number of cases coming to them, while at the same time the average number of deaths is about a thousand people a day.
The total number of victims of the virus rose over the weekend to 229,000. The number of people hospitalized increased by 50 percent in October and stands at 46,000.
At the same time, according to a data analysis conducted at the University of Washington, the number of victims will continue to rise, with the expectation being 72,000 deaths in January.
