The rise in morbidity continues:
Data from the Ministry of Health published today (Wednesday) show that the wave of omicrons continues to spread in Israel.
Yesterday, 43,815 new verified viruses were identified out of 362,336 tests conducted.
The number of active patients now stands at 222,877, of whom 254 are hospitalized in critical condition, of whom 63 are respirators and 12 are connected to a cardiopulmonary bypass machine.
The infection rate in Israel now stands at 2.02 The number of deaths from the corona virus currently stands at 8274 people when one patient died yesterday.
Earlier this week, another record was broken in morbidity data.
On Monday, 41,154 new carriers were identified, which is 10.97% out of 590,165 tests performed (403,759 PCR tests and the rest speed) - as mentioned, a figure that has not been seen since the outbreak of the plague.
Against the background of the jump in the number and percentage of verified, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday blamed public outrage for his predecessor in the role of Benjamin Netanyahu and the media.
PM Bennett: "Closure does not help, I am not going in that direction" // Photo: GPO
According to Bennett, the situation in Israel is better than around the world.
"We manage this crisis consistently according to three principles: 1. The economy is as open as possible and the economy is as sustainable as possible. 2. We protect the most vulnerable. 3. We take care of our children."
He added that "the next few weeks will be difficult, but we will go through it together. A closure does not help, I am not going in that direction."
Meanwhile, an updated forecast by researchers from the Hebrew University advising the Corona Cabinet was presented last night, according to which if the current morbidity trend continues as it is, Israel is expected to reach a peak of 800,000 to 2 million active patients in two weeks and hospitalization records of 1,000 to 2,000 patients in critical condition.
If this scenario materializes, between 5% and 2% of these patients are expected to be children up to the age of 11.
The research team, Prof. Ashkenazi, Prof. Gazit, Prof. Calderon Margalit, Prof. Katz and Prof. Nir-Paz, claimed that the high morbidity loads are expected to create a high burden on the economy and the health system and they recommended limiting gatherings, improving guidelines on antigen testing and Initiating survey operations that will help reduce the rate of infection and reduce the point load.
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