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On October 14, 361 people tested positive for the virus in Limburg on one day. That is the highest number since the start of the corona crisis. In our province, the number of infections has doubled again compared to a week ago.
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Between 9 and 15 October, 1,648 people tested positive in Limburg. That is an average of 235 per day. On October 14 there were no fewer than 361 positive cases in one day in Limburg. That is the highest number since the outbreak of the corona crisis. The previous record was set on April 10 when 324 people were infected in one day. The fact that the number of infections is now higher can partly also be explained because more tests are now being carried out than during the first wave.
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The number of infections has doubled again in Limburg compared to a week ago, when there were still 823 infections on a weekly basis. With a reproduction number of 1,566, the epidemic in our province is still on the rise: 100 infected people pass the virus on to 156 other people. In Flanders, only West Flanders currently has a higher reproduction number: 1,727. At the moment, 7 out of 100 tests are positive in Limburg. In Liège, currently the most affected province, the positivity ratio is no less than 26.5 percent, which means that more than one in four people from Liège is positive.
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