The reproduction rate of the virus is just below 1.
Between March 29 and April 4, 9,658 coronavirus contaminations were diagnosed on average per day, a number down 14% compared to the previous week, according to figures from the Sciensano Public Health Institute. day Friday morning. At the same time, some 37,900 tests were carried out on average on a daily basis (-2%), resulting in 28.1% of positive tests (-3.1 percentage points).
Over 92.7% of reported cases are related to the Omicron BA.2 subvariant. Between March 29 and April 4, 24 people (+3%) died on average per day from the virus.
An average of 215 new daily admissions were recorded, down 2% from the previous seven-day period.
This Thursday, 3,073 people who tested positive for Covid-19 (+3%) were in hospital, of which 176 were treated in intensive care (+2%).
The reproduction rate (Rt), which measures the degree of contagiousness of the virus, is falling, and is almost at equilibrium (0.99). When this indicator is greater than 1, this means that the epidemic tends to accelerate and when it is less than 1, the epidemic is receding.
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