The Health Ministry reports that 6,570 more Israelis tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, as the daily figure continues to climb rapidly, thanks to the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
However, this has not translated to a rise in serious cases, which fell from 110 to 108 since the last time the numbers were updated earlier Monday morning.
Of the 108, 44 are in critical condition, 15 are hooked up to ECMO machines and 35 are hooked up to respirators. The death toll stands at 8,245, climbing by one since earlier in the day.
The positive test rate rose to 4.83%, with 145,003 Israelis getting tested yesterday.
Thus far, 6,578,088 Israelis have received the first vaccine dose, 5,931,013 have received the second dose and 4,266,719 have received the booster.
In the past seven days, the total number of cases was 31,664, with 65 of them being seriously ill patients. Three people have died during this period.
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