This Week’s Corona Infection in Israel (Excerpts from The Jerusalem Post and The Times of Israel)

May 3, Mon new cases: 61 with the positive test rate of 0.2%.
active cases: 1,259
93 are in critical condition, with 58 intubated.
death toll:6,369

May 4, Tue new cases: 72 with the positive test rate of 0.2%.
90 are in critical condition, with 55 intubated.
death toll:6,369

May 5, Wed new cases: 27 with the positive test rate of 0.2%.
active cases: 1,371
87 are in critical condition, with 55 intubated.
death toll:6,371

May 6, Thur new cases: 48 with the positive test rate of 0.2%.
active cases: 1,089
85 are in critical condition, with 54 intubated.
death toll:6,374

On May 4, 2021, Israel registered less than 100 new cases per day for over a week, compared to several thousand in January and February of this year. Also, the number of serious patients continues to drop. As of Wednesday, May 5, 2021, it stood at 90, the lowest since July of last year.