Posted on 03/19/22
| News Source: i24
Reproduction rate is over 1, number of serious patients rises
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that Israel would maintain the mandate on wearing facemasks indoors for at least another month, instead of lifting it by the end of March as planned.
The reproduction rate of Covid-19 in Israel exceeded 1 for the first time since January, according to figures from the Israeli Ministry of Health released on Saturday.
This parameter indicates how many individuals a single carrier of the virus is likely to infect; its rise is a reliable indicator that the morbidity is surging
The number is currently at 1.02, while more than 7,000 new cases of infection were confirmed on Friday.
Israel currently has more than 43,00 active cases of coronavirus.
As of Saturday evening, 326 patients are in serious condition, including 133 on artificial lung ventilation.
It remains to be determined what caused the resurgence of the pandemic and whether it is due to various omicron subvariants.