During the period from February 27 to March 5, 10,889 cases of SARS-Cov-2 were diagnosed, which corresponds to an increase of 11% compared to the previous seven days. During this period, the number of tests carried out also increased slightly, with an average of 6,202 tests (+3%), of which 27% were positive (+1.9%).
From March 2 to 8, the country’s hospitals admitted 961 Covid-19 patients and 700 patients, who tested positive, were treated for another reason, which represents an increase of 6% compared to the previous year. previous reference period. Currently, 2,015 people carrying the virus are hospitalized (+15%). Of these, 104 patients are treated in intensive care (35%).
Every day, an average of 7 people died from the consequences of coronavirus infection (-20%). Since the start of the pandemic in Belgium in March 2020, more than 33,800 deaths from Covid-19 have been recorded.
The reproduction rate of the virus stands at 1.05. If it has decreased slightly, it remains above 1, which means that the epidemic tends to accelerate. The incidence, which provides the number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, reached 178 over 14 days.
