© Jimmy Kets
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An average of 79.1 Covid patients were hospitalized every day over the past week. This is an increase of 41 percent compared to the seven days before. This is apparent from the preliminary figures of health institute Sciensano on Wednesday.
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adbSource: BELGIAN
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A total of 947 people with Covid-19 are now in hospital (+24 percent), of whom 230 are in intensive care (+14 percent).
Between 10 and 16 October, an average of 3,151 corona infections were detected in our country every day, an increase of 50 percent compared to the seven days before.
On average, approximately 49,700 tests are taken every day (+12 percent). The positivity ratio of those tests rose to 6.6 percent. The reproduction number rose to 1.26. A number above 1 means the epidemic is gaining momentum. More than 1.29 million infections with the virus have been noted since the start of the pandemic.
In the week of October 10-16, an average of 11.1 people died from the virus each day, an increase of 13 percent. A total of 25,797 people have already died from the consequences of a corona infection.
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