Despite many vaccinated

Israel records more Corona cases than at any time in months

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Hundreds of new infections in the course of one day have been reported in Israel. A large proportion of them are due to the delta variant. It also affects those who have already been vaccinated.

The number of new Corona cases in Israel has climbed to its highest level since the end of March. 730 new cases were reported within 24 hours, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. According to the report, 1.3 per cent of the more than 55,000 people tested were positive. The number of seriously ill people remained at 45, and there were no new deaths.

According to official information, most of the new cases are linked to the delta variant of the virus. This was first discovered in India and is considered particularly contagious. Among the newly infected in Israel are many younger people and also those who have been vaccinated twice. *Immunocompromised Israelis are already being given a third vaccination dose.*

More than half of the patients are vaccinated

Of about 80 covid patients in hospitals, less than half are unvaccinated, and of the 45 seriously ill, 44 per cent are unvaccinated, according to the Health Ministry.

Researcher Eran Segal of the Weizman Institute tweeted that while the increase in new infections will also lead to an increase in serious illnesses and deaths. "However, the percentage of infected people who become seriously ill or die is much lower, and we are not expected to return to the high number of seriously ill people at the height of the pandemic.

Almost 62 percent of the country's 9.3 million inhabitants have already received a first Corona vaccination, and almost 56 percent have also received the second dose. The vaccination campaign in Israel was very successful, especially at the beginning; it progressed quickly and thus caused a sensation internationally. After a certain stagnation, it recently picked up again due to the new increase in cases of the disease.