Over the past week, more than a hundred Covid patients have been admitted to hospital on average every day, an increase of almost 70 percent compared to the previous week.
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There are now more than 1,100 covid patients in hospital, a third more than a week earlier. There are exactly 250 covid patients in intensive care, also a third more, according to the online dashboard of health institute Sciensano.
Between October 13 and 19, an average of more than 4,000 Covid infections were diagnosed daily, an increase of 65 percent compared to a week earlier. An average of 54,100 tests were performed daily during the same period, a fifth more than the week before. The positivity ratio is 7.5 percent (+1.9%). The reproduction number is 1.37: as soon as that r-value is above ‘1’, the epidemic increases.
On average, 13 covid patients died a day between October 13 and 19, a fifth more compared to a week earlier. Exactly 75 percent of the entire population is at least partially vaccinated.
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