The average number of new infections per day has again fallen sharply. The number of new hospital admissions has also fallen slightly in the past week, although the total number of patients in hospitals and intensive care units has increased slightly. The number of deaths as a result of Covid-19 infection also continues to rise. This is apparent from preliminary figures from health institute Sciensano.
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In the week from January 29 to February 4, daily averages were 28,804 new corona cases registered. That is a drop of no less than 40 percent from the previous seven days. When we get the daily figures When we look at it, we see that the number of new infections in the last week of the overview is lower than a week earlier.
In reality, the number of new infections is estimated to be three to five times higher than the established numbers.
To test
In the week of January 29 to February 4, each day 81,950 tests declined, down 29 percent. Over the entire pandemic, 30,772,199 tests have now been carried out.
positivity ratio
The positivity ratio increased to between January 29 and February 4. 40.47 percent† That is a decrease of 5.5 percent compared to the previous week.
The reproduction number based on the number of hospital admissions has fallen below 1. This means that the epidemic is losing momentum.
Hospital admissions
Between 1 and 7 February, an average of 340.3 people hospitalized because of Covid-19. That is 6 percent less on a weekly basis.
There are currently 4.239 people with a corona infection in Belgian hospitals, of whom 442 in the intensive care units. In total, in our country, 107,077 people hospitalized as a result of Covid-19.
death
Between January 29 and February 4, an average of 37 to mourn the deaths. That is an increase of a quarter. Died in our country since the start of the pandemic 29,337 people from the consequences of a corona infection.
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