Except for the number of deaths, all corona figures are moving in the right direction. The number of corona patients in hospital in particular is taking a dive.
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The decline in the number of corona patients in Belgian hospitals seems well underway: after the number dropped just below 4,000 for the first time in about ten days on Friday, there are still 3,852 on Saturday, according to the online dashboard of health institute Sciensano. That is a decrease of 9 percent. There are still 397 patients in the intensive care units, a decrease of 6 percent.
Just like Friday, the other parameters, except for the deaths, are also going in the right direction: the number of new infections with the corona virus has fallen by 46 percent, to an average of 20,763 infections per day in the period from 2 to 8 February.
From February 2 to 8, there were an average of 44 deaths per day, an increase of 30 percent.
The number of new hospital admissions also continues to fall. The last seven days have averaged 294.7 admissions, or a decrease of 17 percent.
The number of tests also continues to fall: 67,900, a third less than in the previous week. Of this, 35.8 percent were still positive, which is 8.1 percent lower than a week earlier.
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