The COVID infection rate in Israel rose for a third consecutive day, data from the Health Ministry published on Monday showed, and now stands at 1.
When this rate, or R number, rises above 1, the pandemic is spreading; when the R number is below 1, the pandemic is shrinking.
It is calculated 10 days later, meaning Monday’s data reflect the situation in early September, coinciding with the start of the school year.
The number of severe COVID cases, meanwhile, declined to 691 from 711 the day before. Of the 691 cases, about 65 percent are unvaccinated Israelis – which make up about 15 percent of the population eligible for vaccines.
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The Health Ministry registered 7,686 new COVID cases, compared with 10,183 the day before. 7,383 Israelis have died of COVID since the pandemic began.
COVID testing sites will close on Yom Kippur eve, Wednesday, at 12 P.M, and will reopen on Friday. Israel’s COVID czar Prof. Salman Zarka said that antigen tests taken on Yom Kippur eve will be valid until the fast ends on Thursday evening to allow people to take part in prayers.
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