Jump: Almost 100 seriously ill patients, percentage of positives - the highest since early October

December 26, 2021   

Ministry of Health data released this morning (Sunday) shows that 760 new confirmed cases were diagnosed in Israel yesterday, out of 37,538 tests performed - which is a 2.07 percent positive rate. This is the highest number since October, when on October 8, the positive rate was 2.01. At the same time, the infection rate continues to rise and stands at 1.41. The number of patients in serious condition has been increasing in recent days and stands at 98, with 39 of them on ventilators. According to the data, 82.5 percent of patients in serious condition were not vaccinated against the virus at all. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 8,242 patients have died in the country, with the last on the list passing away on Friday. Earlier, Prof. Ran Blitzer, head of the cabinet of experts advising Magen Israel, referred to the spread of the Omicron variant in Golan Yochpaz and Anat Davidov's plan at 103F, saying that "if the wave is several times higher and several times longer than we saw in the Delta wave - the cumulative number of seriously ill patients may be higher than we saw in the previous wave." He added: "We need to take all the precautions that are currently being taken.".