Israel sets new record of COVID-19 infections but decline in severe cases continues

The 11,187 new COVID-19 infections identified this Wednesday in Israel represent a new record since the start of the pandemic amid a fourth wave thatHowever, it differs from the previous ones in that there was no significant increase in severe cases.

With the new cases detected on Wednesday, there are more than 90,000 active patients, including 666 hospitalized in serious condition.

This continues on decreasing trend in the number of hospitalized patients, which after increasing steadily for a month and a half, began to decline this week after reaching 753 The last Sunday.

One of the disturbing numbers identified on Wednesday is the positivity rate, which was 7.92%, the highest in the current wave but still far from the clues of more than ten% recorded at the height of the third wave, in January of this year.

Along with contagions, the number of people vaccinated with the third dose of Pfizer has increased, with which the authorities hope to stop this fourth wave.

So far they are more than 2.3 million people who received the booster vaccine, the vast majority over the age of 50, although from this week the new dose will be available for the entire population over 12 years of age.

A factor of optimism in this regard is that as the percentage inoculated with the third dose increased, the contagion curve has started to decline among the age groups that received it first.

Moreover, these new figures coincide with the return to school on Wednesday, which saw 2.5 million children return to class, which operate normally in most of the country but require students, parents and school staff to present negative vaccination certificates or coronavirus tests before coming in.

(With information from EFE)

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