The latest covid figures in Belgium.
By the editorial staff
En average, 1,913 people were infected with Covid-19 per day between September 28 and October 4 (+ 1%), according to figures from the Sciensano Public Health Institute updated Friday morning. Less than 200 patients are treated in intensive care. The reproduction rate is also back below the 1 bar.
Between October 1 and October 7, there were an average of 57.4 hospital admissions per day due to coronavirus, an increase of 6% from the previous reporting period. In total, 733 Covid-19 patients are still hospitalized, including 195 patients treated in intensive care.
Between September 28 and October 4, 7.1 people died per day on average from the virus, down 18% from the previous seven-day period. The toll now stands at 25,665 dead since the start of the pandemic in Belgium.
The epidemic tends to slow down
The virus reproduction rate of 0.99. When it is less than or greater than 1, this indicator means that the epidemic tends to slow down or accelerate. Since the start of the pandemic in Belgium, more than 1.3 million cases of coronavirus infection have been diagnosed.
Nearly 44,400 tests on average were performed daily, for a positivity rate of 4.7%.
The incidence, which indicates the number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, reached 231.6 over 14 days. Finally, 87% of adults in Belgium have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
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