Israel records highest number of COVID-19 cases since February

Over the past day, 6,275 new cases of CORONAVIRUS infection have been detected in Israel, this is the highest number of cases since February 8, according to data from the country's Ministry of HEALTH. The fact that this is a record since February is also reported by state radio Kan.

“This is the highest daily infection rate since February 2021 and a new anti-record since the appearance of the Delta strain in the country in early summer,” the radio station said in a statement.

At the same time, on August 9, 2 patients with coronavirus died in the country, for the entire time of the pandemic - 6,559 people.

Mass vaccination in Israel began in December last year, for vaccination in the country used the drug company Pfizer. Now, 5.8 million Israelis have received the first dose of the vaccine, and 5.4 million have received the second dose, or approximately 63% and 58% of the population, respectively (a total of 9.3 million people live in the country). On July 30, they began vaccinating for the third time citizens over 60 years of age who received a second dose of Pfizer at least five months ago. Over 577,000 people have already passed this stage of vaccination. In addition, at the end of July, the Israeli government announced the start of vaccination in August with Moderna.