Israel sees 1,689 new coronavirus cases as infection rate finally drops

Health Ministry says with 25,457 COVID-19 tests conducted on Wednesday, the contagion rate now stands at 6.6% - lowest it's been in weeks; in addition, elderly virus patient released from hospital after 99 days, beating world record for longest stay
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Israel reported 1,689 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as the infection rate finally saw a slight drop, health officials confirmed.
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  • The Health Ministry said medical teams conducted 25,457 COVID-19 tests on Wednesday, putting the contagion rate at 6.6%, lowest it has been in weeks.
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    The ministry added 345 patients are now in a serious condition, of which 100 are ventilated. The death toll from coronavirus-related complications has increased to 569.
    The number of active patients now stands at 24,576, with the tally of confirmed diagnoses since the start of the outbreak climbing to 78,514.
    In the meantime, a coronavirus patient was released from The Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem after 99 days of hospitalization, the longest a COVID-19 patient spent in a hospital anywhere in the world.
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    Coronavirus patient, 74, released from Jerusalem hospital after 99 days
    Coronavirus patient, 74, released from Jerusalem hospital after 99 days
    Coronavirus patient, 74, released from Jerusalem hospital after 99 days
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    Marina Chibatova, 74, tested negative for the virus earlier this week after spending more than three months at the hospital's coronavirus ward.
    "We are so happy that Marina has recovered and is being released today," said the head of the coronavirus ward at the hospital. "During her hospitalization she has become part of the ward and we are happy for her and her family that she is returning home healthy."
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    Still the highest per capita rate in the world
    And that's even from the hapless Roni Gamzu. The average which alerts governments to increase (and not like this lunatic asylum, reduce) restrictions is 50 per day!!!!!! We are nearly 30 times higher, which per capita is the highest rate of infections other than in the two seriously bad hotspots right now: the USA and Brazil. Does this not tell the goofs in the Knesset Lunatic Asylum that something is wrong with their strategy??? And it's only marginally less because the numbers are still ridiculously high for a country which just months ago successfully limited its contagion rates and was one of the first to then go nuts and open everything up within days. And it's still doing it despite what is still very, very high rates of contagion. Dense population, dense people, denser governance. Other countries are INCREASING restrictions - some targeted but the bars, restaurants, gyms, malls etc are CLOSED, some after 6 p.m. And here's Gamzu arguing that no other countries are reimposing lockdowns. They are certainly reimposing heavy restrictions, while the mindless morons here are opening up, inviting half the world in, cancelling even partial restrictions. All for the sake of money - usually deposited in fat envelopes into the hands of our corrupt coalition members. The victims, of course, are the vulnerable, for whom they don't give a damn so long as the bucks keep flowing into their pockets. Shame on them.
    lies and statistics| 08.07.20
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    The best strategy...
    This is the best strategy to follow, don't do anything and trust in stupid statistics. Thanks to the "light at the end of the road". Shameful.
    Alejandro| 08.06.20
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