Tel Aviv sees more active virus patients than hotspot Bnei Brak

Health Ministry reports 552 of patients currently ill with the disease reside in Tel Aviv, while only 530 in Bnei Brak; on Wednesday 34,494 tests had been conducted, 688 of which came back positive, putting infection rate at 1.9%
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For the first time in months, the number of active coronavirus patients in Tel Aviv has surpassed the number of people currently ill with the disease in Bnei Brak. The Haredi city has remained one of the biggest COVID-19 hotspots in the country throughout the pandemic.
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    • The Health Ministry reported Thursday the number of active patients in the country now stands at 11,914, nearly six times lower than the same figure at the start of this month.
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    הרבה רוחצים בחוף הים בתל אביב    הרבה רוחצים בחוף הים בתל אביב
    Overcrowded Tel Aviv beach, October 23
    (Photo: Daniel Rup)
    At least 1,732 of them live in Jerusalem, 552 reside in Tel Aviv and 530 in Bnei Brak.
    The ministry also said that on Wednesday they conducted 34,494 COVID-19 tests, 688 of which came back positive, putting the contagion rate at 1.9%.
    The number of patients in serious condition now stands at 464, of whom 199 are ventilated. The official death toll has increased to 2,494.
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    צה"ל פותח מחלקת קורונה חדשה בבית החולים רמב"ם בחיפה    צה"ל פותח מחלקת קורונה חדשה בבית החולים רמב"ם בחיפה
    Coronavirus ward at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa
    (Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit )
    In the meantime, Israel's coronavirus cabinet is set to convene later in the day to discuss the possibility of further easing the lockdown curbs. Finance Minister Israel Katz has demanded for trade to partially reopen as soon as next week, a move which health authorities strongly oppose.
    On November 1, Israel is set to reopen schools for grades 1-4 as well as allow "one-on-one" treatments at hair and beauty salons.
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    Test Equip. designed by vaccine mnfr to show Positive....
    Testing equipment is A FRAUD. Designed by those who are playing the big game of money-making-scheme called covid19. Vaccine producers are crime organisations, designed these test and equipment to create the appearance of non-existing "pandemic". Those who stupidly test themselves, will get positive most of the time, despite not having any symptoms and not having any viruses in their body. It is a money-making scheme by big Pharma. Swine Flu 2009 was created the same way, but on a much smaller scale.
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    No trust in the test results
    The results of the coronatests are not trustworthy.common sense says that the number of tests and who is being tested and where are showing artifically low numbers.the real infection numbers are for sure much higher.it is "isra-bluff".sorry to say but its a disasterous management of this crisis.
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