The number of severe patients rose to 644 during the Sabbath.
This is according to data from the Ministry of Health updated to 18:30 today (Saturday).
According to the data, 34 new critically ill patients were added at midnight.
155 of the total patients are in critical condition and 107 of them are respiratory.
As of yesterday, 7,761 people had been diagnosed (4,133 midnight).
The total number of people infected in Israel since the outbreak of the epidemic is approaching one million and stands at 985,292.
The number of active patients now stands at 67,531.
1,058 patients are hospitalized in the hospitals.
The rate of positive tests is 5.45% and a total of 144,885 people were tested.
In the vaccine sector, in the first weekend of the third dose operation for those aged 40 and over, the number of vaccinated in this number of doses is 1,361,087.
5,440,045 were vaccinated in two doses and 5,888,683 were vaccinated in one dose.
The Corona Cabinet will convene tomorrow for a concluding discussion regarding the outline for the opening of the school year.