The reproduction rate of the virus is 0.82.
From February 19 to 25, some 170 hospital admissions on average were recorded each day due to coronavirus, a decrease of 25% compared to the previous reference period, according to data from the Institute of Public Health. Sciensano Saturday morning. In total, 2,503 hospitalized people are positive for Covid-19 (-20% in one week), including 250 treated in intensive care (-26%).
Between February 16 and 22, 7,702 new Sars-CoV-2 contaminations were detected on average per day, a decrease of 35% compared to the previous week. Less than one in four tests are now positive: 40,100 tests were carried out daily for a positivity rate of 22.3%.
Since the start of the pandemic in Belgium, more than 3.5 million coronavirus infections have been diagnosed.
Between February 16 and 22, an average of 32 people died per day from the virus (-33%), bringing the death toll to nearly 30,100 since the start of the pandemic in Belgium.
The reproduction rate of the virus is 0.82. When it is less than 1, this indicator means that the epidemic tends to slow down.
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