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Shaare Zedek hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the coronavirus ward of the hospital in Jerusalem on February 3, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Israel’s coronavirus infection rate continued to drop Friday, with just 6.2 percent of tests coming back positive Thursday, or some 3,000 cases, the lowest figures seen since the beginning of January. The R-value, the reproduction rate of the virus measuring the average number of people each positive person infects, dropped to 0.79.
Meanwhile, 40% of new serious cases are in the under 60 age groups, likely due to slower vaccine rollout among those under 60, according to the Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center, operating under the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate in cooperation with the Health Ministry,
An IDF taskforce said Wednesday that 40% of new serious coronavirus patients in the country are below the age of 60. The data shows that 77.7% of those diagnosed on Tuesday are under the age of 40. Only 5.5% of new cases were over the age of 60, reiterating the effectiveness of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on the
40% of new serious COVID patients aged below 60, says IDF taskforce ynetnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ynetnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The majority of new coronavirus cases in Israel is among people aged below 40, a special IDF taskforce said Sunday. The Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center said 1,869 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Shabbos after more than 25,000 tests had been conducted, putting the contagion rate at 7.8%.