The spread of the coronavirus in Israel: 65 people have died and there are now 9,006 confirmed cases.
According to updated figures released by the Health Ministry on Tuesday morning, 149 people are in critical condition, of these 117 are on ventilators. Across the country, 189 patients are in moderate condition and about 8,000 are experiencing mild symptoms. Thus far, 683 Israelis have recovered and have been released home. Some 820 people are currently quarantined in converted hotels and another 6,484 at home.
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On Tuesday evening, a 37-year-old man died due to complications from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus. The man, who had pre-existing medical conditions which made him more prone to the illness, is the youngest Israeli to have died so far from the pandemic. In the week leading up to his death, he was connected to a ventilator.
Three more deaths were reported Tuesday morning. A man in his 90s who had been living in a nursing home passed away at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon after he was hospitalized about a week ago in critical condition. At Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) a 95-year-old woman died due to complications from pre-existing conditions, and at Hasharon Hospital in Petah Tikva an 80-year-old patient, also with pre-existing conditions, died after being on a ventilator for several weeks.
HaEmek Medical Center in Afula reported there are 24 coronavirus patients in the hospital's isolated wing, among them an 85-year-old man in critical condition with a history of pre-existing ailments. The hospital said six patients are in moderate condition and 17 in mild condition.
Wolfson hospital also said it was treating 21 coronavirus patients, two supported by ventilators and in medically induced comas, nine in moderate condition and the rest in mild condition.
Meanwhile, Prof. Itamar Grotto, deputy director of the Health Ministry, told Kan News on Tuesday morning that "Israel's situation is good from the perspective of the spread of the coronavirus. There isn't a significant rise in the number of severe cases. Our mortality rate is among the lowest in the world."
Grotto addressed the situation in Bnei Brak, saying that: "As of now thousands of tests have been administered there and hundreds of sick people have been identified." At the moment, he said, testing in the city was less crucial than finding other potential hotbeds of the virus.
Also on Tuesday, the cabinet finalized the newest measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Beginning Tuesday at 3 p.m. until Saturday night at 8 p.m. the government is expected to ban movement between cities. From Wednesday at 2 p.m., just before Passover begins that evening, until 7 a.m. on Thursday, Israelis will have to stay within a radius of 100 meters (330 ft.) of their homes.
Grotto told Army Radio on Tuesday that "it still isn't clear when the general lockdown will end."
