The morbidity breaks records: the death toll from Corona rose by 41; Nearly 700 seriously ill patients Israel today

6,883 Israelis were diagnosed in Corona yesterday • The positive rate continues to rise and stands at 14 percent - the highest number so far • Since the beginning of the epidemic 1,376 people have died from the virus, 442 of whom died only in September • All data

• Corona Department at Beilinson Hospital

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  Yossi Zeliger

The corona plague in Israel continues to spread: The

Ministry of Health announced this morning (Thursday) that 6,808 verified carriers of the virus were found yesterday using 54,364 tests.

Since the outbreak of the plague in Israel, 1,335 people have died.

In order to combat the disease of the corona virus in the country, earlier today, the government approved the imposition of a closure starting tomorrow.

The updated data published this morning show that the rate of positive for the virus in the tests remains high and stands at about 12.5 percent.

The rate of doubling of patients with the disease stands at once every ten days.

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As of this morning, 1,375 patients in Corona are hospitalized in hospitals, with half of them, 667 hospitalized, defined as critically ill, of whom 164 are respirators.

The total number of patients in the country standing is 206,332, of which 148,075 have already recovered.

The number of active patients as of this morning stands at 56,901.

As mentioned, the government had earlier approved the decisions of the Corona Cabinet.

According to the government decision, the economy will be closed from Friday except for essential businesses.

Prayers and demonstrations will be held in capsules of 20 people within the one-mile distance from home.

The prayers on Yom Kippur will be held according to an outline dictated by the Ministry of Health. 

Principles of closure

• Conducting demonstrations of up to 20 people within the km limit

• Prayers in groups of up to 20 people within the km limit (in Yom Kippur an outline will be decided by the Ministry of Health)

• Closure of the entire economy (the list of essential businesses will be decided later)

• It appears: Ben Gurion Airport will be closed to outbound flights