According to the Ministry of Health, 5,395 people were found to have been verified in Corona today.
The Ministry of Health published tonight (Tuesday) the updated morbidity data in Corona, according to which 8,282 carriers of the virus were discovered yesterday, which is 9.2% out of 89,706 new tests.
Today at 18:21 5,395 people were diagnosed, which is 9.6% of 55,931 new tests.
There are 72,488 active patients in the country.
The number of first-degree vaccinators now stands at 3,207,157, which is 34.8% of all Israelis.
In a second dose, we have so far vaccinated 1,844,206 Israelis, who are 20.01% of the population.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, today: "The national goal - vaccination of 90% of those aged 50 and over within two weeks" // Photo: GPO
1,807 patients are hospitalized, of whom 1,113 are in critical condition (of whom 324 are respiratory and 408 are in critical condition).
The number of medical staff in isolation is 2,542, of whom 175 are doctors and 628 are nurses.
The death toll from the outbreak is 4,886.
Yesterday the death toll increased to 46 and today it has added 28 people.
"National goal - vaccination of 90% of people aged 50 and over within two weeks"
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein held a briefing today (Tuesday).
"97 percent of the dead from Corona are in the age groups of 50 and over," Prime Minister Netanyahu said, citing data he presented. "The meaning of three days of closure - another 200,000 people are protected," he stressed.
"We have instructed the HMOs to step up their efforts to reach more than 90 percent of vaccinators aged 50 plus," Edelstein stated.
"Younger people also need to be vaccinated, and we are considering lowering the age in the coming days."