Corona Hotel
Corona HotelYonatan Zindel, Flash 90

With a second wave of COVID-19 infections in the country, and following an assessment by the Defense Ministry today, (Wednesday) Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordered the State to prepare additional 'Corona Hotels' for patients and individuals unable to self-quarantine.

The hotels will be ready to operate within 48 hours of the order being signed into action.

In a separate development, the Defense Ministry opened another hotel at the behest of the Home Front Command at Kibbutz Snir intended for CV-19-effected families.

The Home Front Command is now running six hotels for virus patients unable to self-isolate at home.

The number of new cases reported of the coronavirus during a twenty-four hour period rose to its highest level in two months, according to data released by Israel's Health Ministry Wednesday morning.

436 additional cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on Tuesday, the largest number since April 22, when 556 new cases were detected.

The record number of new cases identified in a single day in Israel is 765, recorded on April 2 of this year.