A total of 5,755 new cases of the coronavirus were reported across Israel Tuesday, according to data released by the Health Ministry Wednesday morning,
That marks a decline from Monday, when 6,275 new cases of the virus were diagnosed.
Of the 5,755 new cases reported Tuesday, 43.0% were unvaccinated, compared to 55.4% who were fully vaccinated, and 1.6% who had received one dose of the vaccine. Those figures are similar to the rates reported a day earlier, when 44.3% of new cases were among the unvaccinated, compared to 54.0% among the fully vaccinated and 1.7% among the partially vaccinated.
The percentage of tests coming back positive fell from 4.89% on Monday to 4.59% Tuesday.
There are now 38,942 known active cases of the virus in Israel. A total of 694 patients are hospitalized with COVID, up from 648 Tuesday morning.
Of those, 400 are in serious condition, up from 394 on Tuesday and 379 on Monday. That is the highest number since…
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