Posted on 11/04/21
| News Source: i24
Last time the number of seriously ill patients fell below 200 was early August
The number of serious Covid-19 cases in Israel has fallen below 200 for the first time in three months, according to an update from the Health Ministry published late Wednesday.
The number of seriously ill patients stands at 194.
On August 1, the number of patients in serious condition stood at 197, reaching a peak of 767 on August 29 during the fourth wave driven by the highly contagious delta variant.
Israel recorded 666 new infections for a positive rate of 0.86 percent out of 83,160 total tests administered.
The number of active patients in Israel is currently 7,132.
A total of 8,109 people have died from the disease since the pandemic began out of over 1.3 million registered cases.
Nearly 4 million people in Israel have been jabbed with all three vaccine doses.