Summer, so there’s the new corona wave: everything you need to know about the new variant Omikron BA.5 | medical

With just about all indicators — except for the deaths — things are going in the wrong direction. The health institute Sciensano recorded an average of 2,756 infections per day last week, 46% more than the week before. The number of hospital admissions rose by a quarter, to 76 per day. There is more testing and those tests are also more often (one in four) positive. With a reproduction number of 1.17, the virus is increasing in strength. The guilty? Omikron BA.5.