(Belga) The number of infections and hospitalizations due to the coronavirus has decreased somewhat in recent days, while the number of deaths has increased. The reproduction rate, which measures the contagiousness of the virus, is slightly above 1, according to the epidemiological report of the Institute of Public Health Sciensano, published Thursday.
Between September 23 and 29, there were an average of 54.3 hospital admissions per day as a result of the coronavirus, a decrease of 5% compared to the previous reference period. A total of 699 people are still hospitalized due to Covid-19, of which 216 patients are being treated in intensive care. Nationally, they occupy 11% of intensive care beds accredited for Covid-19 patients, a figure that has been stable in recent weeks but which hides significant geographic disparities. Thus, the occupancy rate of intensive care beds is higher in Walloon Brabant (26%), in the Brussels Region (22%), in the provinces of Liège (16%) and Antwerp (12%). Between September 20 and 26, 1,935 new Sars-CoV-2 contaminations were detected on average per day, down 6% compared to the previous week. Over the same period, nearly 47,400 tests were performed daily on average for an average positivity rate of 4.5%. By age group, children aged 0 to 9 continue to have the most positive tests (9.2%), followed by adolescents aged 10 to 19 (5.2%). Deaths have increased slightly. Between September 20 and 26, 7.6 people died per day on average from the virus (+ 20%), bringing the toll to 25,595 deaths since the start of the pandemic in Belgium. The reproduction rate of Sars-CoV-2, which measures the average number of people infected by a positive individual, now stands at 1.016. When this index is greater than 1, it means that the epidemic tends to continue. The incidence, which indicates the number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, reached 242.7 over 14 days. Since the start of the pandemic in Belgium, more than 1.2 million cases of coronavirus infection have been diagnosed. Meanwhile, 86.4% of adults in Belgium have received at least a first dose of vaccine and 85% are fully vaccinated. Complete vaccination coverage is highest in Flanders, where 90.8% of adults have received the serum. In Wallonia, this proportion reaches 79.4%, in the German-speaking Community 74% and in Brussels 64.5%. As of September 28, 71% of young people aged 12 to 17 had also received at least one injection of the vaccine against Covid-19 (84% in Flanders, 61% in Wallonia, 52% in the German-speaking Community and 33% in Brussels). (Belga)
Between September 23 and 29, there were an average of 54.3 hospital admissions per day as a result of the coronavirus, a decrease of 5% compared to the previous reference period. A total of 699 people are still hospitalized due to Covid-19, of which 216 patients are being treated in intensive care. Nationally, they occupy 11% of intensive care beds accredited for Covid-19 patients, a figure that has been stable in recent weeks but which hides significant geographic disparities. Thus, the occupancy rate of intensive care beds is higher in Walloon Brabant (26%), in the Brussels Region (22%), in the provinces of Liège (16%) and Antwerp (12%). Between September 20 and 26, 1,935 new Sars-CoV-2 contaminations were detected on average per day, down 6% compared to the previous week. Over the same period, nearly 47,400 tests were performed daily on average for an average positivity rate of 4.5%. By age group, children aged 0 to 9 continue to have the most positive tests (9.2%), followed by adolescents aged 10 to 19 (5.2%). Deaths have increased slightly. Between September 20 and 26, 7.6 people died per day on average from the virus (+ 20%), bringing the toll to 25,595 deaths since the start of the pandemic in Belgium. The reproduction rate of Sars-CoV-2, which measures the average number of people infected by a positive individual, now stands at 1.016. When this index is greater than 1, it means that the epidemic tends to continue. The incidence, which indicates the number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, reached 242.7 over 14 days. Since the start of the pandemic in Belgium, more than 1.2 million cases of coronavirus infection have been diagnosed. Meanwhile, 86.4% of adults in Belgium have received at least a first dose of vaccine and 85% are fully vaccinated. Complete vaccination coverage is highest in Flanders, where 90.8% of adults have received the serum. In Wallonia, this proportion reaches 79.4%, in the German-speaking Community 74% and in Brussels 64.5%. As of September 28, 71% of young people aged 12 to 17 had also received at least one injection of the vaccine against Covid-19 (84% in Flanders, 61% in Wallonia, 52% in the German-speaking Community and 33% in Brussels). (Belga)
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