1 july 2020
The Health Ministry reported Wednesday night that 868 Israelis have tested positive for coronavirus since midnight, the highest tally of virus diagnoses in a day since the onset of the pandemic in the country.
Health authorities have conducted 17,980 tests since midnight, meaning 4.8% of all tests returned positive, an exceptionally high percentage of positive results.
There are currently 8,483 Israelis battling the virus, 57 of them are in serious condition and 24 patients are on ventilators.
Two Israeli have succumbed to complications of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, bringing the nation's virus fatalities to 322.
Since the beginning of the week, 2,774 new coronavirus patients have been diagnosed - twice as many during the entire month of May (1,223).
Meanwhile, the government decided Wednesday evening to impose full lockdown on three neighborhoods in the southern city of Ashdod and on three neighborhoods in the central city of Lod.
The closure will take effect starting 8am Thursday, July 2 until 8am Thursday, July 9. Movement into and out of these areas will be restricted and so will any business activity within the areas.
Health Ministry Director-General Hezi Levi is set to sign an order that will restrict the education system and limit gatherings in Beitar-Ilit after contagion rates hiked in the ultra-Orthodox town.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a meeting that enforcement of social distancing should be immediately increased at event halls, even if it means placing undercover police officers at events.
Health Ministry confirms 634 new cases of coronavirus
The Health Ministry reported Wednesday evening that 634 Israelis have tested positive for coronavirus out of 13,283 tests conducted that day, meaning 4.8% of all tests returned positive, an exceptionally high percentage of positive results.
Since the beginning of the week, 2,541 new coronavirus patients have been diagnosed - twice as many during the entire month of May (1,223).
There are currently 8,271 Israelis battling the virus, the highest number of active patients since April 26.
However, only 3% percent of active patients are hospitalized (245), 58 of them are in serious conditions and 25 patients are on ventilators.
One Israeli has succumbed to complications of COVID-19, bringing the nation's virus fatalities to 321.
The southern city of Ashdod, where 78 new patients were diagnosed with the virus since Tuesday evening, continues to constitute one of the nation's major outbreak locations.
The Health Ministry said 150 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city since Sunday, followed only by Jerusalem, with 180 new cases since the start of the week. Ashdod has effectively knocked Bnei Brak off the second spot in the list of cities with the highest infection rate. The ultra-Orthodox city reported 135 new diagnoses since Sunday.
In Tel Aviv, 96 new cases were reported, while 43 people have tested positive for the pathogen in Bat Yam since Sunday. In the southern city of Dimona, 55 people were diagnosed with the virus.
Health authorities have conducted 17,980 tests since midnight, meaning 4.8% of all tests returned positive, an exceptionally high percentage of positive results.
There are currently 8,483 Israelis battling the virus, 57 of them are in serious condition and 24 patients are on ventilators.
Two Israeli have succumbed to complications of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, bringing the nation's virus fatalities to 322.
Since the beginning of the week, 2,774 new coronavirus patients have been diagnosed - twice as many during the entire month of May (1,223).
Meanwhile, the government decided Wednesday evening to impose full lockdown on three neighborhoods in the southern city of Ashdod and on three neighborhoods in the central city of Lod.
The closure will take effect starting 8am Thursday, July 2 until 8am Thursday, July 9. Movement into and out of these areas will be restricted and so will any business activity within the areas.
Health Ministry Director-General Hezi Levi is set to sign an order that will restrict the education system and limit gatherings in Beitar-Ilit after contagion rates hiked in the ultra-Orthodox town.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a meeting that enforcement of social distancing should be immediately increased at event halls, even if it means placing undercover police officers at events.
Health Ministry confirms 634 new cases of coronavirus
The Health Ministry reported Wednesday evening that 634 Israelis have tested positive for coronavirus out of 13,283 tests conducted that day, meaning 4.8% of all tests returned positive, an exceptionally high percentage of positive results.
Since the beginning of the week, 2,541 new coronavirus patients have been diagnosed - twice as many during the entire month of May (1,223).
There are currently 8,271 Israelis battling the virus, the highest number of active patients since April 26.
However, only 3% percent of active patients are hospitalized (245), 58 of them are in serious conditions and 25 patients are on ventilators.
One Israeli has succumbed to complications of COVID-19, bringing the nation's virus fatalities to 321.
The southern city of Ashdod, where 78 new patients were diagnosed with the virus since Tuesday evening, continues to constitute one of the nation's major outbreak locations.
The Health Ministry said 150 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city since Sunday, followed only by Jerusalem, with 180 new cases since the start of the week. Ashdod has effectively knocked Bnei Brak off the second spot in the list of cities with the highest infection rate. The ultra-Orthodox city reported 135 new diagnoses since Sunday.
In Tel Aviv, 96 new cases were reported, while 43 people have tested positive for the pathogen in Bat Yam since Sunday. In the southern city of Dimona, 55 people were diagnosed with the virus.
Hamda Haruv, who is quarantined in a Jerusalem hotel, claims Arabs have been segregated from Jews
Health Ministry, IDF deny policy to separate sectors in coronavirus quarantine facilities, but Jaffa man says he was told by army officer that order was issued to divide the populations
Muslims and asylum seekers in coronavirus quarantine at a hotel in Jerusalem have been separated from Jews, an Israeli Arab staying at the location has claimed.
According to the claim, quarantined Jews, many of them IDF soldiers, were moved on Tuesday to another location - leaving Israeli Arabs and predominately Eritrean migrant workers and asylum seekers behind.
The Health Ministry and the IDF Home Front Command denied there was a policy to segregate people in the coronavirus quarantine hotels, but Hamda Haruv claims he was told by an IDF officer assigned to his hotel that an order was issued to separate the populations.
"We found out that the soldiers and Jewish residents quarantined with us in the hotel were told they were being moved to another location," said Haruv, a Jaffa resident.
"We are a group of four friends with one Jewish woman among us and she was the only one told to pack and prepare to move."
"When she asked if I could go with her, she was told it was not permitted," he said.
Haruv said he felt humiliated. "I don't know why we are being treated this way. They are making me want to leave this country," he added.
IDF Home Front Command representatives told him there was an effort to place soldiers in separate accommodations but he claims his friend was not a soldier and was moved anyway.
The IDF officer reportedly told Haruv that, "these are the orders we were given," and claimed women were being harassed by some of the Arab residents.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in quarantine were also given separate accommodation in order to provide them with an environment more suited to their needs - including the provision of food in compliance with their dietary and Kosher demands.
The Health Ministry said there is an attempt to provide suitable accommodations for people forced to quarantine, including large families.
The IDF Spokesman's Unit denied there is any intention to segregate groups in quarantine and the efforts are directed at supplying people with their specific needs.
Health Ministry, IDF deny policy to separate sectors in coronavirus quarantine facilities, but Jaffa man says he was told by army officer that order was issued to divide the populations
Muslims and asylum seekers in coronavirus quarantine at a hotel in Jerusalem have been separated from Jews, an Israeli Arab staying at the location has claimed.
According to the claim, quarantined Jews, many of them IDF soldiers, were moved on Tuesday to another location - leaving Israeli Arabs and predominately Eritrean migrant workers and asylum seekers behind.
The Health Ministry and the IDF Home Front Command denied there was a policy to segregate people in the coronavirus quarantine hotels, but Hamda Haruv claims he was told by an IDF officer assigned to his hotel that an order was issued to separate the populations.
"We found out that the soldiers and Jewish residents quarantined with us in the hotel were told they were being moved to another location," said Haruv, a Jaffa resident.
"We are a group of four friends with one Jewish woman among us and she was the only one told to pack and prepare to move."
"When she asked if I could go with her, she was told it was not permitted," he said.
Haruv said he felt humiliated. "I don't know why we are being treated this way. They are making me want to leave this country," he added.
IDF Home Front Command representatives told him there was an effort to place soldiers in separate accommodations but he claims his friend was not a soldier and was moved anyway.
The IDF officer reportedly told Haruv that, "these are the orders we were given," and claimed women were being harassed by some of the Arab residents.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in quarantine were also given separate accommodation in order to provide them with an environment more suited to their needs - including the provision of food in compliance with their dietary and Kosher demands.
The Health Ministry said there is an attempt to provide suitable accommodations for people forced to quarantine, including large families.
The IDF Spokesman's Unit denied there is any intention to segregate groups in quarantine and the efforts are directed at supplying people with their specific needs.
Despite alarming rise in diagnoses, death toll remains unchanged at 320; Health Ministry passes 1-million mark for number of tests as it warns 'mild' rise in cases, stabilization in serious patients creating 'false sense of security'
Israel has reached a new high for the number of daily infections, the Health Ministry said Wednesday, with 773 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday.
The country has also reached passed the one million mark for the number of tests it has conducted.
As of Wednesday morning, Israel had had 25,547 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 7,838 active patients. The death toll remains at 320, but the number of serious cases is up to 56, with 24 patients on ventilators.
The Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center warned Wednesday that if proper steps are not taken, Israel could find itself with its number of new daily cases reaching four figures within the next two weeks, as well as a sharp rise in patients in serious condition and a climbing death toll.
"Without the proper precautions taken to slow down the virus' morbidity, within two weeks the number new daily patients could reach 1,000 a day, with serious conditions and deaths rising by dozens accordingly," the center said.
The report said that the rather "mild" rise in cases compared to the first wave and the stabilization in the number of serious patients and those connected to ventilators is creating a "false sense of security that everything is allegedly fine."
Between Sunday and Tuesday, Israel saw nine new coronavirus patients in serious condition – a rise of 26%.
Amid the continued steep rise in cases, a senior Health Ministry official warned on Wednesday that the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients is also showing a worrying increase.
"We are opening more and more dedicated wards for coronavirus patients. The wings are filling up, we're seeing a rise in serious condition patients," said Dr. Erez Onn, the head of the Hospital Division at the Health Ministry.
"Over the last few months, we have prepared the hospitalization system for a second wave, and all hospitals are prepared with dedicated wards," he said.
Onn added that the patients in serious condition include some young people, but most are older and/or have preexisting conditions.
"This is the reason we need to protect these vulnerable sectors of society," said Onn.
"Those who have preexisting conditions and who are older are far more susceptible to the virus and are those that most of the time become ill from it."
Israel has reached a new high for the number of daily infections, the Health Ministry said Wednesday, with 773 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday.
The country has also reached passed the one million mark for the number of tests it has conducted.
As of Wednesday morning, Israel had had 25,547 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 7,838 active patients. The death toll remains at 320, but the number of serious cases is up to 56, with 24 patients on ventilators.
The Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center warned Wednesday that if proper steps are not taken, Israel could find itself with its number of new daily cases reaching four figures within the next two weeks, as well as a sharp rise in patients in serious condition and a climbing death toll.
"Without the proper precautions taken to slow down the virus' morbidity, within two weeks the number new daily patients could reach 1,000 a day, with serious conditions and deaths rising by dozens accordingly," the center said.
The report said that the rather "mild" rise in cases compared to the first wave and the stabilization in the number of serious patients and those connected to ventilators is creating a "false sense of security that everything is allegedly fine."
Between Sunday and Tuesday, Israel saw nine new coronavirus patients in serious condition – a rise of 26%.
Amid the continued steep rise in cases, a senior Health Ministry official warned on Wednesday that the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients is also showing a worrying increase.
"We are opening more and more dedicated wards for coronavirus patients. The wings are filling up, we're seeing a rise in serious condition patients," said Dr. Erez Onn, the head of the Hospital Division at the Health Ministry.
"Over the last few months, we have prepared the hospitalization system for a second wave, and all hospitals are prepared with dedicated wards," he said.
Onn added that the patients in serious condition include some young people, but most are older and/or have preexisting conditions.
"This is the reason we need to protect these vulnerable sectors of society," said Onn.
"Those who have preexisting conditions and who are older are far more susceptible to the virus and are those that most of the time become ill from it."
30 june 2020
The southern city of Ashdod has recorded more coronavirus cases since the start of this week than in hotspots of Tel Aviv and Bat Yam combined, health officials confirmed on Tuesday.
The Health Ministry said since Sunday, 150 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Ashdod, followed only by Jerusalem with 180 new cases since the start of the week. Ashdod has effectively knocked Bnei Brak off the second spot in the list of cities with highest infection rate. The Haredi city reported 135 new diagnoses since Sunday.
In Tel Aviv, 96 new cases were reported, while in virus another hotspot of Bat Yam, 43 people tested positive for the pathogen since Sunday. In the southern city of Dimona, 55 people tested positive for the pathogen.
The ministry said since midnight on Tuesday, 469 new cases were reported, with the number of people currently infected with the virus climbing to 7,403 - the highest it's been in nearly two months.
Over the past 24 hours, 714 people tested positive for the virus and 19,922 tests had been conducted.
Fifty-two patients are in a serious condition, with 23 requiring ventilator support. The death toll from the coronavirus-related complications now stands at 320.
In light of further increase in cases, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an urgent telephone meeting with other ministers and health officials, where it was decided to declare more towns and neighborhoods as "restricted," due to the high rate of infection in those locations.
Israel reports highest daily rise in virus cases in months
The Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center reported on Tuesday the highest daily rise in virus cases since April 2.
Since midnight, 714 new cases of the pathogen were confirmed, the third-highest daily tally since the onset of the pandemic in Israel.
The number of patients in serious condition remains steady at 42.
According to the data, the number of active patients rose to 7,015 – 5,000 more than at the end of May.
The Health Ministry conducted on Monday 18,183 coronavirus tests, results for 4% of which returned positive.
There are currently 756 active coronavirus patients in Jerusalem, 697 in Tel Aviv, 555 in Bnei Brak, and Ashdod - which has seen a steep climb in confirmed cases over the past few days - has 348.
In Bat Yam, there are 253, Arara BaNegev 213, Rahat 196, Tiberais 109, Beit Shemsh 95, and 86 in Ramale.
According to the center's data; Kfar Qasim, Dimona, Beit She'an, Lod, and Nahariya are all experiencing a rise in infection rates and mbecome virus hotspots.
The Health Ministry said since Sunday, 150 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Ashdod, followed only by Jerusalem with 180 new cases since the start of the week. Ashdod has effectively knocked Bnei Brak off the second spot in the list of cities with highest infection rate. The Haredi city reported 135 new diagnoses since Sunday.
In Tel Aviv, 96 new cases were reported, while in virus another hotspot of Bat Yam, 43 people tested positive for the pathogen since Sunday. In the southern city of Dimona, 55 people tested positive for the pathogen.
The ministry said since midnight on Tuesday, 469 new cases were reported, with the number of people currently infected with the virus climbing to 7,403 - the highest it's been in nearly two months.
Over the past 24 hours, 714 people tested positive for the virus and 19,922 tests had been conducted.
Fifty-two patients are in a serious condition, with 23 requiring ventilator support. The death toll from the coronavirus-related complications now stands at 320.
In light of further increase in cases, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an urgent telephone meeting with other ministers and health officials, where it was decided to declare more towns and neighborhoods as "restricted," due to the high rate of infection in those locations.
Israel reports highest daily rise in virus cases in months
The Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center reported on Tuesday the highest daily rise in virus cases since April 2.
Since midnight, 714 new cases of the pathogen were confirmed, the third-highest daily tally since the onset of the pandemic in Israel.
The number of patients in serious condition remains steady at 42.
According to the data, the number of active patients rose to 7,015 – 5,000 more than at the end of May.
The Health Ministry conducted on Monday 18,183 coronavirus tests, results for 4% of which returned positive.
There are currently 756 active coronavirus patients in Jerusalem, 697 in Tel Aviv, 555 in Bnei Brak, and Ashdod - which has seen a steep climb in confirmed cases over the past few days - has 348.
In Bat Yam, there are 253, Arara BaNegev 213, Rahat 196, Tiberais 109, Beit Shemsh 95, and 86 in Ramale.
According to the center's data; Kfar Qasim, Dimona, Beit She'an, Lod, and Nahariya are all experiencing a rise in infection rates and mbecome virus hotspots.
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