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Within a week: the number of respiratory patients almost doubled, 102 died from corona
6,083 were diagnosed with corona in the last day, and the positive test rate rose to 5.0%.
In all, 462 patients are hospitalized in critical condition, almost double last week's figure.
Even before the opening of the campaign for those aged 50 and over, 775,703 had already been vaccinated in a third dose.
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Ministry of Health
Meirav Cohen
Friday, 13 August 2021, 10:02 Updated: 10:26
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6,083 people have been diagnosed as verified in Corona in the last day, which is 5.02% positive out of a total of 122,934 tests - the Ministry of Health announced this morning (Friday).
The number of serious patients increased from 41 to 462, including 75 respirators.
To date, 6,611 corona patients in Israel have died from the outbreak.
A total of 35,025 people were infected this week, and their total number from the outbreak rose to 927,016.
In addition, there was a jump in the morbidity rate: the number of severe patients increased by 209 and almost doubled.
The number of respirators was also close to doubling this week, rising from 52 to 96.
102 people died after being infected in Corona last week alone.
In addition, 33,014 people were vaccinated this week for the first time.
Even before the opening of the third-dose vaccine campaign for those aged 50 and over, the number of vaccinated people increased three times this week, to 425,996 people, and stands at 775,703.
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Corona testing complex in Petah Tikva, last month (Photo: Reuven Castro)
The third vaccination campaign against Corona for those aged 50 and over began today at HMOs across the country.
Already during the night tens of thousands of queues were called at the various checkouts, and this morning the first in this age group began to receive the third dose.
The Maccabi Health Fund announced in the morning that 14,000 appointments had already been called and that more than 2,000 people were expected to be vaccinated today.
It is estimated that thousands more appointments will be booked over the weekend.
Meuhedet has also begun vaccinating insureds aged 50 and over, with more than 3,000 appointments so far.
It is already possible to make appointments at Maccabi and Leumit as well.
The Minister of Health, Nitzan Horowitz, 56, will be vaccinated today at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba, and will be the first vaccinated person in this age group at the medical center.
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