As of today (Saturday), 11,351 new carriers have been identified in Israel, which is 14.26 percent out of 73,962 new tests. Yesterday, 39,015 new carriers were identified which is 14.02 percent out of 286,823 new tests. The coefficient of infection decreased to 1.71. This is according to data from the Ministry of Health.
387 patients are in critical condition, of whom 116 are in critical condition, 93 are respirated and 11 are connected to the acoustic devices.
This is the highest number of patients since mid-October this year.
The number of deaths from the virus since the outbreak is 8303, when 2 people died today and 2 people died yesterday.
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The situation in the health care system continues to be difficult as the number of medical staff in isolation has risen and now stands at 6,722 people including 923 doctors and 1,774 nurses.
Meanwhile, Prof. Ran Blitzer - the head of the cabinet of experts who advises the government in the fight against Corona, announced tonight on his Twitter account that he too has contracted the virus.
"Well - like many good ones. I do not know about the weekly contacts verified, but the working assumption of all of us these days - that everyone around us is contagious. I am at low risk and vaccinated in the third so the infection will probably pass without complications. In a closed space. Less risk than Delta - and still dangerous. "
Well - like many good ones…
I do not know between the contacts of the week is verified, but the working assumption of all of us these days - that every person around us is contagious
I am at low risk and vaccinated in the third so the infection will probably go away without complications
But for adults and chronic patients - just avoid enclosed enclosures this week
less risk than Delta - and still, dangerous pic.twitter.com/FrBWuDztyN
- Ran Balicer (@RanBalicer) January 15, 2022
At the same time, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced today that he has been infected with the corona virus.
Just last week, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Minister of Construction and Housing Zeev Elkin and Minister of Internal Security Amar Bar-Lev were also diagnosed with Corona.
In addition, the head of the National Security Council, Dr. Eyal Hulta, and MK Dudi Amsalem were also diagnosed as positive for the virus
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