The number of patients hospitalized in Israel in serious condition as a result of COVID-19 continued to rise on Sunday, reaching 1,263, the highest number since the onset of the pandemic, according to new Health Ministry data.
Before rising to 1,229 on Saturday, the last time the number of serious patients was close to that figure was in January 2021, with 1,193 serious COVID-19 cases. The number of serious patients has been steadily rising since late December — when there were just 75 such cases — as a result of the fast-spreading Omicron variant.
The ministry said serious cases were much more common among the unvaccinated: Among unvaccinated patients aged 60 and up, there were 415.6 serious cases per 100,000 people compared with 35.9 for their vaccinated counterparts.
