From December 19 to 25, 173 new admissions were recorded on average each day (-7%).
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Lhe average number of daily coronavirus infections is down again, with 2,378 new daily cases over the period from December 16 to 22 (-6% compared to the previous calculation period), according to the latest data published on Saturday. by the Sciensano Public Health Institute. At least 637,246 cases of Covid-19 have been diagnosed in Belgium since the start of the epidemic.
During the seven-day period studied, 16,649 new cases were diagnosed: 10,029 (60%) in Flanders, 5,091 (31%) in Wallonia, including 134 cases for the German-speaking community, and 1,257 (8%) in Brussels.
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Over the same period, an average of 87.7 people died daily from the coronavirus (-9%), i.e. a total of 614 deaths (418 in Flanders, 158 in Wallonia and 38 in Brussels). Since the start of the pandemic in March, 19,089 deaths have been recorded.
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2,283 people hospitalized due to Covid-19
From December 19 to 25, 173 new admissions were recorded on average each day (-7%). Thus, 1,211 patients with laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 were hospitalized and 1,401 people left the hospital. The number of people currently hospitalized for Covid-19 therefore stood at 2,283 on Saturday morning, including 511 in intensive care. More than 300 patients required respiratory support and 43 extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
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Overall, nearly 39,000 tests were performed daily from December 16 to December 22, with a positivity rate of 7.4%.
The incidence from December 9 to 22 is 299 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, while the reproduction rate is 0.95.
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