Posted on 06/21/21
| News Source: i24
Israel's Health Ministry announced that there have been 88 new cases of coronavirus so far as of 5 p.m. Monday, the highest daily number seen in months.
The figure is nearly double the 48 cases recorded on Sunday.
The last time more than 80 cases were recorded in a single day was April 29, when 94 cases were identified, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
The final daily figure is likely to be even higher.
The city of Binyamina remains the epicenter of this resumption of the epidemic, with 43 confirmed cases, making it the first city to be marked "yellow" or medium risk in months.
There are 38 cases in Jerusalem, 36 in Modi'in, and 16 cases in Tel Aviv, with all other places in the country having 15 or fewer cases.
There are a total of 387 cases nationwide, and 51 people hospitalized, including 24 in serious condition.
Ran Saar, the head of the Maccabi health insurance fund, told Army Radio that he saw a sharp increase in the number of people getting vaccinated and that the authorities predicted the numbers to rise.
He also asserted that people shouldn't be too worried about the resumption of the outbreak, which he attributed to the Delta variant, as long as the government takes care to enforce the quarantine and ensure that people get tested.