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Coronavirus in Numbers - Official Data:

08.10.2020 23:08

Last Week MDA Teams Sampled 145,812 People * Since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak MDA teams sampled more than 1,800,000 people Magen David Adom announced today (Thursday), that since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak (February 24), MDA teams have sampled 1,854,680 people.emergency activities.

The samples were performed, during the past 7 months, at a variety of sites, nationwide, in private homes, clinics, hospitals, nursing homes as part of the “Protecting Fathers and Mothers” project, educational institutions, and in MDA Drive and Test facilities. Last week (1-7.10) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Home Front Command and the HMOs, MDA EMTs and paramedics have sampled 145,812. 19,040 samples were taken in people’s homes and 49,160 at MDA's and Home Front Command’s Drive and Test facilities. According to MDA data, since the Coronavirus outbreak 320,241 samples were taken in people's homes. 610,680 samples were taken at MDA's Drive and Test facilities operating in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Home Front Command and HMOs. Of those, 70,903 were sampled in Ganey Yehoshuah in Tel Aviv, 113,578 were sampled in Jerusalem, of those in 70,732 Teddy complex In Jerusalem, 15,601 in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, 22,830 in Hadera, 20,072 in Ashdod, 19,498 in Haifa, 19,253 in Netanya, 18,987 in Bnei Brak, 18,117 in Kfar Sava, 15,880 in Um al-Fahm, 13,855 in Lod, 13,643 in Rishon le Zion, 12,840 in Beer Sheva, and 11,785 people were sampled in Modi’in Ilit. In addition, as needed, Magen David Adom operates additional Drive and Test complexes throughout the country. MDA is continuing to operate the Drive and Test facilities, whilst also carrying out testing in nursing homes and long term care facilities throughout the country. In addition, as needed, MDA teams will sample those who are homebound. To date, MDA sampled 3,896 travelers who returned to Israel from abroad at a special stand in Ben Gurion airport. In addition, MDA Paramedics have taken 3,000 serological tests, and evacuated thousands of confirmed patients from their home for hospitalization MDA's 101 Emergency Call Centers also show a significant increase in citizen inquiries, which reached 18,573 calls a day this week, an increase of about 300% compared to a routine day. Along with taking more 1,800,000 of samples for Coronavirus, MDA blood services continue to collect plasma from those who have recovered from the Coronavirus for the treatment of severely ill patients and the production of a passive vaccine. To date, those who have recovered from Coronavirus have donated approximately 8,448 plasma units. 2,550 units have been given to 1,275 Coronavirus patients in moderate and severe condition (2 units each.) MDA is continuing its activity of samplingin cooperation with the Ministry of Health, the Home Front Command and the four HMOs and carrying out verified patients’ transfers to hospitalization, all in addition to the organization’s routine and

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