Israeli ministry figures confirmed 3,843 coronavirus cases on Thursday alone, even though “over 5.8 million have received at least one vaccine dose,” reports the Times of Israel.
QUICK FACTS:
- Israel’s Health Ministry on Friday reported almost 4,000 new coronavirus cases were recorded on Thursday, according to The Times of Israel.
- This was the “fourth day in a row that new cases have passed 3,000.”
- CNN calls the “new wave of infections” a “spike.”
- Amid the “continued rise in cases,” notes the Times of Israel, Israel’s ministers have “approved significantly expanding restrictions on gatherings under the Green Pass system.”
- However, over 60% of Israel’s population have received the Covid-19 gene-based vaccine.
- About 5.8 million out of Israel’s 9.3 million citizenry have received at least one vaccine dose.
- The Johns Hopkins online Coronavirus Resource Center indicates that Israel has an “Above World Average” vaccination rate, ranking 16th out of 162 world nations on the list.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also lists Israel as having a “High” travel risk in their “Risk Assessment Level for COVID-19” chart, depite Israel’s high vaccination rate.
