Updated data from the Ministry of Health show that 98% of the country's residents live in red, orange or yellow cities. • The death toll from the plague crossed 1,100. : "We are in the 90th minute"
According to data from the Ministry of Health published tonight (Saturday), only 2% of the residents of the State of Israel currently live in cities defined as "green" - a decrease of six percent from the figure published yesterday (Thursday), when it stood at 8%.
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The serious figure is published against the background of another update by the Ministry of Health regarding data on the spread of the corona virus in Israel.
According to the update released tonight at 6:56 p.m., 2,054 new patients have been diagnosed since yesterday, bringing the number of active patients to 37,926.
Of the 25,808 tests performed since midnight, the percentage of positive results stands at 8.7%.
Yesterday, 3,962 patients were diagnosed out of 43,377 tests, with 9.3% of them coming out positive.
152,525 Israeli residents have been diagnosed with corona since the outbreak in the country.
1,018 of the patients are hospitalized in the country, 495 of them in critical condition and 138 respirators.
The death toll from the virus stands at 1,101, after eight more people have died from corona since midnight.
The corona ward at Maayan Hayeshua Hospital has an occupancy of 133.33%, Shaare Zedek has an occupancy of 106.15% and Rambam 106.06%. 3,065 health staff members are currently in isolation. A number of hospital administrators have warned the Corona Cabinet in recent days that the health system is on the verge. Collapse, and that "we are in the 90th minute" regarding the possibility of stopping the plague.
In about two months: about a million people went into isolation
From July 1 until today, about 978,000 people have been asked to go into solitary confinement - 164,655 of them were asked to do so in the last week alone, according to data submitted by the Ministry of Health to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
Israel is the only country that uses cellular location of its security services, and therefore has a relatively high number of civilians placed in isolation.
The chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Zvi Hauser (Derech Eretz), appealed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Ministry of Defense and the Corona Cabinet to consider the possibility of shortening the isolation days from 14 days to 12 days, provided that respondents receive a negative answer. To perform on the ninth day of isolation.
Shortening the isolation days by two days will save about NIS 150 million a month and about NIS 2 billion a year.
Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Hauser also demanded that the policy of shortening isolation days in other countries, such as Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic, which put citizens who came in contact with a verified patient to only about 10 days of isolation.
As the government did not present any material data on the matter, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved the continued use of the GSS's for only 10 more days.
"Israel must update its isolation policy as part of preparations to exit the expected closure," Hauser said.
"Continuing isolation for 14 days undermines public trust and the Israeli economy. It is impossible to continue to put thousands of people in isolation every day without formulating a comprehensive policy on the matter."
It was also learned today that according to the outline of the Ministry of Health, which will be brought in for government approval tomorrow, the national closure that will be imposed next week will begin on Friday at 6:00, and not on Tuesday as originally planned.
As part of the proposed layout, traffic will be limited to 500 meters from the residence (Phase A), the education system will be closed as early as Wednesday (except the special education system), all businesses will be closed, restaurants will work in delivery and collection only, public transportation will be reduced and prayers in more open space. Up to 20 people and in groups of up to 10 people in a closed building.