Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that 48 people have been diagnosed with West Nile fever, of which 36 have been hospitalized hospitalized. Of that number, five are on ventilators.
A total of four people have died from the virus. The Health Ministry revealed that all patients are from the center of Israel.
Of those who contract the disease, 80% do not develop symptoms, and 20% will have symptoms to varying degrees. Symptoms include fever, headaches, fatigue, and body aches, and neurological complications will appear in less than 1% of those infected. The virus is not contagious.