Israel's tally of coronavirus cases stands at 73,231, the Health Ministry said Monday. There are 778 patients hospitalized, of whom 344 are in serious condition, and 101 are on ventilators.
The Health Ministry has recorded 536 deaths from COVID-19, while 47,523 people have recovered from the disease.
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Between Sunday and Monday, 708 Israelis have tested positive for the virus.
Meanwhile, a survey commissioned by Israel Hayom found that while the majority of Israelis are profoundly concerned about the pandemic, a third still don't take basic precautions to ward it off.
The poll, conducted by the Maagar Mochot polling institute among 505 respondents comprising a representative sample of Israelis 18 and over. The statistical margin of error is 4.4 percentage points.
The data shows that 67% of Israelis have changed their recreational habits and the frequency in which they leave their home since the pandemic hit Israel in mid-March.
Forty percent said they now shop online rather in stores, 38% said the situation has not affected their work attendance, but only 18% have maintained the frequency in which they meet family members.
Asked how concerned they were about the health of relatives, 20% of the respondents said they were "extremely concerned," 22% said they were "very concerned," 33% were "concerned," 15% were "somewhat concerned," and 7% said they were "not concerned."
Another 3% of the respondents provided different answers.
As for the financial impact the coronavirus crisis has had on Israelis, 52% of the respondents said their finances have suffered, 45% said they were unaffected by it, and 3% said their finances had improved in wake of the outbreak.
Moreover, 50% of Israelis said they had decreased their spending on nonessential goods and services, 14% had to decrease the consumption of staple goods, and 27% said their spending habits haven't changed. Four percent increased the consumption of staple goods, 1% increased their spending on nonessential goods and services, and the remaining 4% gave different answers or said they didn't know.
Asked how closely they observe Health Ministry directives, especially with regards to wearing face masks, 70% of respondents said they follow the prescribed directives, 21% said they "follow directives is most cases," 2% said they wore masks only in closed spaces, 2% said they rarely wear masks, and 5% gave different answers.
Overall, 47% of Israelis were optimistic that normalcy would return on the coming year, and 53% were pessimistic about it.
Asked to grade state officials' handling of the coronavirus crisis on a scale of one to five, respondents gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the average score of 2.53, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz scored 2.31, Finance Minister Israel Katz scored 2.65, and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein scored 2.58.
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