Figures from the Health Ministry Thursday showed a significant morbidity rise in Haredi communities, where one in nine tests have come back positive. The data put the percentage of positive tests in the ultra-Orthodox sector at 10.6% with every carrier infecting 1.58 others on average.
In a Thursday briefing with reporters, the ministry’s public health services division head Sharon Elrai said that 12.8 percent of the total positive cases in Israel are from Haredi communities, despite the sector making up 6.7% of the total samples.
Medical experts estimate the ultra-Orthodox have accounted for about one-third of the country’s coronavirus cases, despite making up just 12% of the population.
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