One out of every nine people testing for coronavirus is positive

Israel's Health Ministry on Wednesday morning reported that on Tuesday, 6,310 new coronavirus cases were diagnosed in Israel, representing 10.93% of the coronavirus test results received that day. The infection coefficient, meanwhile, continues to rise, and on March 5, the last day for which it is available, stood at 0.9. As of Wednesday morning, 789 coronavirus patients were hospitalized, with 335 in serious condition or worse. That number includes 169 whose condition is critical, 151 who are intubated, and 23 who are on ECMO (heart and lung) machines. Since the start of the pandemic, 10,401 people have died due to coronavirus in Israel.