60% of the new patients in the ultra-Orthodox sector are children and adolescents up to the age of 18, and the total number of ultra-Orthodox patients stands at 17.7% of all patients in the country - more than their number in the population
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This emerges from data obtained by "Israel Today".
With the start of the school year in the ultra-Orthodox sector about three weeks ago, the Ministry of Health defined the sector as an examination, which will prove whether the school year can be opened as a series.
But now, on the day after the start of the school year, it seems to be a failure.
Today, almost all the cities where the ultra-Orthodox live are red.
The verified rate in Modi'in Illit is 16.6% and in Bnei Brak 15.3%.
High verified percentages can also be found in Beit Shemesh, Ofakim and Netivot.
Kiryat Ye'arim, Rechasim and Elad are defined as red, while Beitar Illit and Emanuel are defined as orange.
As of August 29, the infection rate in ultra-Orthodox society is 1.32 - a higher figure compared to the general public, which stands at 1.06.
The disturbing numbers come precisely against the background of high immunization rates in the ultra-Orthodox sector, where the rate of immunizations in the third dose is 46.5%.
The rate of vaccinators in the third dose in Bnei Brak is 41%, and in Modi'in Illit, Beitar Illit and Elad 27%.