Their number exceeded the threshold of 200 people for the first time since April
The number of seriously ill patients with COVID-19 in Israel has exceeded the threshold of 200 people for the first time since April, DPA reported. At present, 362 patients with COVID-19 are being treated in Israeli hospitals, the Ministry of Health announced today. Of these, 212 are in particularly serious condition and 37 are on breathing apparatus.
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At the height of the pandemic in Israel in January, the number of seriously ill patients was about 1,200. Against the backdrop of rising infections, last week the Israeli government became the first in the world to provide all citizens over the age of 60 with a third dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, setting a precedent that has not yet been studied by other countries.
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Almost 58% of Israel’s 9.3 million population is fully vaccinated. For citizens over the age of 50, this figure is even higher – 88 percent. The number of registered new infections in Israel for the last 24 hours for the sixth day in a row exceeds 2,000 people, notes DPA.
Source: BTA
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