As of Wednesday, 1,042 people are hospitalized in serious condition, 262 of whol are on ventilators.
According to ministry data, 3,770 people have died from the virus since the pandemic broke out in Israel.
In addition, 127,768 tests were carried out on Tuesday and 1,880163 people have been vaccinated so far.
(Haaretz)
8:55 P.M. Israel sees drop in infections 14 days after first vaccine dose
The infection rate for individuals who received the first of two coronavirus vaccine doses drops as time elapses from the jab, most notably following the lapse of 14 days, preliminary figures released by the Health Ministry on Tuesday show.
According to the figures, to date, 4,484 people were diagnosed with the virus within 1 to 7 days of having been vaccinated, as compared to 3,186 people within 8 to 14 days of their respective jab date. Most significantly, between 15 and 22 days out from the first vaccine dose date, the figure dropped to 353 people.
(Judy Maltz)
2:04 P.M. Assisted living home staff to be vaccinated
Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv will inoculate the tenants and staff of assisted living facilities in Tel Aviv. This is a large campaign that will cover about 40 facilities in the city, covering about 8,000 people and a total of about 16,000 vaccines. Ichilov staff will deploy a large contingent of nursing staff to visit each facility at least four times during the campaign. (
Bar Peleg)
Controversy erupts over how coronavirus patients will vote in potential election
During the reading of the Law to Dissolve the Knesset, a disagreement erupted regarding how coronavirus patients would cast their vote in an upcoming election, stemming from fears of passing on the virus, scaring off healthy voters or the spreading of fake news.