After adding 1,135 new patients in the last day, the number of active patients stands at 19,600 people, compared to the number of recoveries which stands at 19,267 • National Information and Knowledge Center Report: As of yesterday, the number of serious patients has increased to 15 people and now stands at 147 people - An increase of 11 percent per day

For the first time since the State of Israel had to deal with the second wave of Corona virus, the number of active patients, who have been verified as carriers of the virus, has exceeded the number of recovering. The Corona National Information and Knowledge Center has released new data this morning (Monday) on corona morbidity in Israel, updated to midnight on Sunday night, which shows that after 1,135 new patients were added in the last day, the number of active patients now stands at 19,600. Which stands at 19,267.

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The data also reported that the number of patients hospitalized in critical condition increased in the last day by 15 patients and now stands at 147 people, an increase of more than 11 percent per day. At the same time, the total number of deaths from the corona virus in Israel is 360, after five people died in the last day. Data from the Ministry of Health show that it increased from 91 serious patients on June 6, to 151 serious patients on July 12.

The report also stated that the average growth rate per day is 3 percent, a decrease of one percent compared to yesterday, and that since the epidemic began, 1,120,592 corona tests have been performed in the State of Israel, with 19,189 tests being performed only yesterday. 

In addition, the report noted the active corona morbidity centers in the last day, which include: Lod, Ramla, Kiryat Malachi, Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Beitar Illit, Kuseife, Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv-Yafo and Kiryat Ata, which first appeared on a multiplication map last night. The cases.

The director general of the Ministry of Health, Professor Hezi Levy, was interviewed this morning by the GLC and said: "We need 27,000 tests and we plan to increase even more. We do not intend in any way to reduce the number of tests, but we will prefer to reach people who need to be tested faster." .

Minister Edelstein: "Government measures give hope that no closure will be announced for a long time" // Photo: Yoni Rickner

Meanwhile, in the shadow of the discussions on restoring the restrictions and the criticism surrounding some of them, Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kish referred to the situation in an interview he conducted this morning in "Here." "I tell the Corona Committee, you can ask questions and lift the restrictions, but if you go into closure for another two weeks, the responsibility will be on those who do not let the gatherings stop today.

The deputy health minister also stressed that "we do not have data on how many people got infected where. The reason we closed the pools is that there are gatherings - in the entrance, in the bathroom, in the buffet. The pools have a strong lobby, and they are fighting. The pool in hotels is not. Closed - economic consideration ".