Israel has the fewest coronavirus patients in severe condition since July last year: 193

The Israeli Ministry of Health reported on Monday that the the number of patients with severe coronavirus has fallen to 193, the lowest figure since July 2020.

This is not the only good news. While the number of new daily cases continuously decreases, the number of patients still infected with the virus remains at 2,270. The peak occurred in the second half of January, when positive cases in the country exceeded 70,000, with approximately 1,200 seriously hospitalized people.

Of the critically ill patients, 77.6% had not been vaccinated, including three children.

This Monday, they identified 141 new cases. Of the 37,000 coronavirus tests that were performed, only 0.4% gave a positive result. The figures are in line with those of the previous days.

The reproduction rate, or “R,” which indicates the number of people each virus carrier will infect on average, also remained stable, below 0.8 for several weeks, showing that the disease is in constant recession.

The number of daily deaths also continues to decline, with just three people dying from the virus on Monday.

Since the start of the pandemic, some 6,338 people in Israel have lost their lives to the disease.

Due to the good situation in the country after the successful roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and the consequent drop in infections and deaths, he gave the government the freedom to gradually reduce the restrictions.

The Minister of Health, Yuli Edelstein, made the decision after weeks of debate that Israelis are not required to wear masks outside, local media reported.

Given the low rate of COVID-19 infections, the risk of contracting the virus in open areas is very limitedthe experts agreed. Even like that, Health stressed that the use of a mask indoors will remain mandatory, since the risk of infection in these settings is higher.

On the other hand, one of the decisions taken was to allow elementary and secondary students to return to class full time and without capsules.

According to the authorities, if a positive case of a pupil or teacher is detected, all pupils and teachers in their course at the school will be tested, and only after that all these evaluations will be negative. that they can return to school. school. However, they will not have to isolate themselves if they were in contact with the infected individual.

I also know plans to reopen the borders to foreign visitors who have been vaccinated and come in groups from 23 May, the Ministries of Health and Tourism announced Tuesday in a joint statement.

According to the latest data from Our World in Data, updated April 13, 61.64% have already received the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 57.25% have already received both requests. There are already voices being encouraged to say that Israel may be on the verge of obtaining collective immunity from COVID-19.

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