The spread of the corona virus in Israel - situation: As of today (Thursday) at 18:29, according to data from the Ministry of Health, 148 patients are hospitalized in critical condition, of whom 99 are respirated.
This is the lowest number of patients in critical condition since July 27, the day when their number reached its peak in the fourth wave, as well as the first time since the total number of respirators is less than one hundred.
The death toll in the epidemic so far totals 8,138 people, four of whom died yesterday.
The mortality rate in the last week is relatively low, averaging less than four people per day.
Also, 251 new carriers have been discovered in the country since yesterday, which is 0.72% of 35,986 new tests, and yesterday 492 new carriers were discovered in the country, which is 0.66% of 79,950 new tests.
The number of active carriers in Israel now stands at 6,121 people.
The number of Israelis who have been infected with the virus since the outbreak of the plague now stands at 1,336,144, and the number of recipients of the booster dose stands at 4,009,663.
The weekly immunization rate in the booster dose averages about 5,000 people.
About 60% of patients are aged 20 and under, and more than 90% of patients are less than 50 years old.
The coefficient of infection in Israel is 0.87 - two tenths lower than the high level of recent times, which was 0.89.