Between 5 and 11 November, 650 new infections to Sars-CoV-2 they were screened on average per day, down 1% from the previous week, according to data from the Sciensano Public Health Institute updated Tuesday morning.
THE REPRODUCTIVE RATE (Rt)
The reproduction rate of the virus is 0.99. When it is less than 1, this indicator means that the epidemic tends to slow down. The incidence, which provides the number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, reached 79 in 14 days.
EVIDENCE
In addition, an average of almost 5,620 tests were performed per day, for a positivity rate of 13.6%.
ADMISSION
Between 8 and 14 November there were an average of 53 hospital admissions per day for Covid-19, an increase of 8% compared to the previous reference period. A total of 790 coronavirus-positive people are currently hospitalized, including 54 patients treated in intensive care.
DEATH
Between 5 November and 11 November, an average of 4.3 people died per day while carrying the virus (-21%), bringing the death toll to 33,000 since the start of the pandemic in Belgium.
