Nearly half of new coronavirus cases among Israeli Arabs
[YNet] - Nearly half of the new coronavirus cases detected in the past week have come from the Arab sector, the National Security Council said on Thursday, indicating a 6.5% positivity rate.
Only 9.5 % of cases were found in the ultra-Orthodox communities and 44.5% were found in the general population.
Nazareth, the largest Arab city in Israel was classified as a red zone because of increased morbidity.
On Friday, the coronavirus cabinet is set to discuss imposing a lockdown on the city in order to curb the spread of the virus.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-11-19 |