The virus’s reproduction rate is 1.14. When it is greater than 1, this indicator means that the epidemic is tending to accelerate.
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Enbetween March 13 and March 19, 4,060 new Sars-CoV-2 contaminations were detected on average per day, up 41% compared to the previous week, according to figures from the Sciensano Public Health Institute. day Tuesday morning. Since the start of the pandemic in Belgium, 839,238 cases of coronavirus infection have been diagnosed.
Over the same period, 25 people died per day on average from the consequences of the virus (+ 1.7%), bringing the toll to 22,728 deaths since the start of the pandemic in Belgium.
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Nearly 57,000 tests on average were also performed each day, for a positivity rate of 7.5%.
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Over 200 hospital admissions
Between March 16 and 22, there were an average of 203.7 hospital admissions per day due to coronavirus, an increase of 22% from the previous reporting period. A total of 2,359 people are still hospitalized due to covid, including 588 patients treated in intensive care.
The virus’s reproduction rate is 1.14. When it is greater than 1, this indicator means that the epidemic is tending to accelerate.
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