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The corona figures seem to confirm on Saturday morning what virologist Steven Van Gucht said on Friday: “The peak has been reached”. The numbers of new infections and hospital admissions are only increasing slightly, by 4 and 2 percent on a weekly basis, respectively. This is apparent from the preliminary figures of health institute Sciensano.
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jvhSource: BELGIAN
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Between November 24 and 30, an average of 17,823 corona cases were detected every day. That is 4 percent more than a week earlier.
More than 120,000 tests were taken daily, with a positivity ratio of 16.3 percent. In total, more than 25 million tests have been carried out since the start of the corona crisis. The reproduction number has fallen by 9 percent and clocks in at 1. If that number is higher than 1, the epidemic increases.
Hospitals
Between November 27 and December 3, an average of 313.4 corona patients were admitted to hospital every day. That is a 2 percent increase on a weekly basis. There are still 3,604 people in hospital, 803 of whom are in intensive care units.
death
The number of deaths in the same period has risen sharply compared to the seven days before (+27 percent), to 47.1 per day. Since the start of the pandemic, 27,167 deaths as a result of Covid-19 have been registered in our country.
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