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Corona figures continue to fall – De Standaard

The number of infections as well as the number of hospital admissions and deaths continue to decline in our country.

In the period from November 26 to December 2, an average of 2,171.6 new infections were counted per day, which is a decrease of 13 percent. This brings the total number of people who tested positive for covid-19 in recent months to 589,942. This is evident from the preliminary data from health institute Sciensano on Sunday morning.

Furthermore, in the period from November 26 to December 2, an average of 113.4 people per day died from the corona virus in our country. That is a decrease of 20.8 percent compared to the seven days before. Altogether, 17,254 people in Belgium have died of the corona virus since the outbreak of the pandemic.

The number of hospital admissions for covid-19 in the period from November 29 to December 5 was about 187.7 per day (-22 percent). Of the 3,163 corona patients who are currently still in hospital (-6 percent), 753 are in intensive care (-5 percent).

The positivity ratio, the number of people who test positive in relation to the total number of tests, drops to 8.9 percent.

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