Yesterday, 573 corona carriers were identified in 17,174 tests • The percentage of positives - 3.3 • Prof. Ash: "The increase in morbidity is alarming, I do not know when we will be required to take significant steps"
The Ministry of Health has published the updated morbidity data, according to which 573 Corona carriers were identified in Israel yesterday (Saturday) in 17,174 new tests (it should be noted that routinely few tests are performed on Saturdays compared to the rest of the week).
If so, the verified percentage was 3.3 - the highest rate since leaving the second quarantine on October 19.
As of 18:49 today, 557 positive viruses have been identified so far - which is 3.1 percent of 17794 new tests.
The number of active patients in Israel is 9,601, ie there has been an increase in several days.
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The number of patients hospitalized stands at 496 people, of whom 82 are in moderate condition, 263 in critical condition (108 of them in critical condition) and 92 respirators.
2,864 people died from Corona from the outbreak of the plague in Israel.
There has also been a steady increase in the number of staff members in isolation, with a significant record for the last period of 851 staff members, including 232 brothers and sisters and 120 doctors and physicians.
"Do not want to reach the numbers of the second wave"
Meanwhile, Corona Commissioner Prof. Nachman Ash addressed the conference of the Association of Public Physicians on the issues at hand.
He said, "The increase in morbidity is definitely worrying for us. We need to think about how we want to manage the response in the near future. There are immediate steps: dealing with morbidity from abroad and dealing with morbidity from the Palestinian Authority - we want to reduce the leakage from there.
We have not yet formulated the ways.
"There are challenges in December: Hanukkah, Christmas and everything around them," he added.
Regarding the possibility of a third closure: "I can not say what time point we will have to take significant steps. We do not want us to reach the numbers of the second wave, even if the health system can cope with the situation. This is for two reasons: morbidity and human life.
"The more you postpone the steps you take, the more significant steps you will have to take. It is better to take more tolerable steps first. It will not be like the previous closure: the harm to education and the economy will be smaller. I do not yet know what exactly, but that is the direction we are talking about. "I wish there would be no increase in morbidity," Prof. Ash hopes.
"I wish the winter would be easier."