Shortly after the announcement of record numbers, the lockdown regulations in Israel are to be tightened. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that the already tightened lockdown that has been in force since last Friday will be converted into a “complete lockdown” for two weeks from next Friday. The Ministry of Health announced that 6,950 new infections with the coronavirus were recorded for Tuesday. So many new cases in one day have not yet been registered. The number of tests had recently also increased, but the rate of positive tests was a very high 11.7 percent.