New patients returned a week ago and admitted to Rambam hospital in isolation • The first two patients arrived from Japan and stayed on the "Corona ship" Blue

• Sixth patient to be admitted to Rambam Hospital in Haifa // Photo: Michelle Dot Com

The Ministry of Health announced this evening (Friday) an update on the number of Corona patients in Israel. According to the ministry's announcement, the new patient, the sixth in number, is a man from a northern country who returned from Italy on February 22. He will be hospitalized in the Rambam Hospital in Haifa.

Later this evening, the ministry updated on a seventh patient, from a settlement in the north of the country, who returned from a flight from Italy two days after the sixth patient. The patient was transported to the hospital for treatment and isolation.

Remember, the first patients arrived from Japan and were on Diamond Princess, hospitalized in Sheba, one of them recovered and released.

The Ministry of Health is updating a patient on Friday in Corona

The third patient returned from Italy in flight on February 23. It is a resident of a lowland area that is in isolation at Sheba Hospital. The fourth patient was in close contact with the patient and would be isolated in the same hospital.

The fifth patient returned from Japan this morning, where he was hospitalized after being diagnosed with a Blue Diamond Princess ship, treated in Japan, found to be negative and arrived in Israel. Upon his arrival, he underwent another examination, in which he was identified as having a virus and would therefore go into isolation at the Sheba hospital.

The Ministry of Health said full details of it and the epidemiologic inquiry into its route will be published later.