JERUSALEM, Oct 11 (NNN-PNN) – Israel recorded 1,029 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the regime to 1,305,510, the health ministry said yesterday.
The death toll from the virus rose to 7,912, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased to 448. Total recoveries rose to 1,272,013, and active cases decreased to 25,585.
The number of people who received the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines surpassed 6.18 million, or 65.8 percent of its total population, while nearly 5.7 million have taken two doses and over 3.7 million have got three jabs, according to the ministry.
Israel’s COVID-19 reproduction number, also known as the R number, has dropped to 0.71, the ministry said yesterday.
This is the lowest rate of the R number in Israel since May 21, when it stood at 0.64.
It is also a significant decline compared to a rate of 1.15 on Sept 5, and a record of 2.47 reported on June 15.
The R number is an indicator used to determine the pace of the COVID-19 spread, as reproduction rate means the average number of people that a patient goes on to infect.
When the R number is less than 1, it means that the pandemic has been curbed. When the R number is greater than 1, the number of patients increases at an exponential rate and multiplies from time to time.– NNN-PNN
