Using the crudest of datasets it looks like Israel's omicron wave peaked on January 26th 2022 by positive test result.
Quite how long the delay will be for the death toll to peak is a little hard to guess with omicron, but if it's three weeks then the hypervaccinated Israelis are in for a hard time over the next two weeks:
It's worth bearing in mind that it is currently almost impossible to die in a hospital in the UK without testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. I presume Israel is the same, so some of these fatalities may be incidentally positive test results, in which case the mortality peak will follow sooner than expected after that of "cases".
I have an elderly relative approaching end of life care for cancer who was hospitalised about a week ago and tested positive four days after admission. Incidentally she is unvaccinated and completely asymptomatic. Sadly she has now fallen and broken her hip, with an urgent repair planned for about now.
She is, undoubtedly, a covid hospitalisation statistic. The likely outcome seems uncertain.
Peter
