For the first time since early August, there were fewer than 300 Israelis with serious cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, according to the latest Health Ministry statistics.
As of Sunday evening, there were 284 serious coronavirus cases in Israel, down from 704 only a month ago. There were 11,977 active COVID cases in the country on Sunday, with 414 of them hospitalized, 284 in serious condition and 148 of them on ventilators.
Just 330 people in Israel tested positive for COVID on Saturday, with a positivity rate of 0.97 percent. The positivity rate dropped below 1% for the first time since early July, although new confirmed cases tend to be lower over the weekend, when fewer people seek out testing.
The rate of daily COVID deaths has also been dropping in recent weeks, with two people dying on Saturday, four people dying on Friday, and six dying on both Wednesday and Thursday.
As new cases drop, the rates of COVID vaccinations have also plummeted, despite the fact that more than a million eligible Israelis have yet to receive a booster shot. On Thursday, close to 12,000 people received a booster dose, while last Thursday the figure was over 16,000 and two weeks ago it was close to 34,000. As of Sunday evening, nearly 67% of all Israelis have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 42% have received all three.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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