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Number of corona infections is increasing again, other indicators are in the right direction


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The number of new corona cases in Belgium is increasing again. This is apparent from preliminary figures from health institute Sciensano.

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In the week from 19 to 25 April, an average of 6,507 coronabesmettingen determined per day. That is an increase of 7 percent compared to a week earlier.

The other indicators are still moving in the right direction. So is the number hospital admissions decreased by 15 percent in one week. Between April 22 and 28, an average of 160 people were hospitalized because of corona every day.

The number of corona patients currently still in hospital has fallen by 18 percent to 2,427. There are still 146 Covid patients in an intensive care unit (-5 percent).

From 19 to 25 April, an average of 18 people a day died to the virus, which is a drop of 22 percent compared to the week before. Since the start of the pandemic, our country has already had 31,439 corona deaths.

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