The increase in the corona figures seems to have reached a plateau. The average number of new cases rose just 8 percent today to 1,472 per day. This is evident from the most recent figures from health institute Sciensano. More than 69 percent of the Belgian population has already received at least a first shot and more than 55 percent has been fully vaccinated.
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Latest update:
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Between 19 and 25 July, daily average 1,472 new corona infections established. As mentioned, that is an increase of ‘only’ 8 percent on a weekly basis.
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Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 1,121,089 infections in Belgium.
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When we get the daily figures Compared to each other, we see more infections almost every day compared to a week earlier, but the difference is getting smaller. On Wednesday 21 July – due to the national holiday – fewer positive tests were registered than the same day a week earlier. And the number is also lower on Sundays.
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It reproduction number – the extent to which sick persons infect others – comes to 1,16. Compared to seven days earlier, that is a decrease of 5 percent. If the value is above 1, the epidemic increases in strength. In other words: 100 infected people pass the virus on to 116 others.
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Testing
Slightly fewer tests were taken in the period from 19 to 25 July: on average 60,226 per day. This is a decrease of 16 percent compared to a week earlier.
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In this case, there is a positiviteitsratio by 2.76 percent, a slight increase of 0.7 percent. Almost three in a hundred tests are therefore positive.
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Hospital admissions
In the week from 22 to 28 July, an average of almost 32 people hospitalized with Covid-19. That is an increase of 17 percent on a weekly basis.
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There are currently 311 Covid patients in Belgian hospitals (+11 percent), of whom 96 in the intensive care unit (+13 percent). 49 people are on a ventilator (-6 percent).
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death
The number of deaths, meanwhile, remains stable at an average of 2 per day in the period from 19 to 25 July. This is an increase of 56 percent, but that is negligible at such a low figure.
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In total, there are now 25,231 deaths since the pandemic broke out.
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Vaccinations
In the meantime have 7,938,784 Belgians definitely one first dose of the vaccine according to the latest update from Sciensano, which corresponds to 68.9 percent of the total population and 83.2 percent of the adult population. 6,376,707 compatriots are fully vaccinated, accounting for 55.3 percent of the total population and 68.8 percent of adults.
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In Flanders 4,967,473 inhabitants are at least partially vaccinated. That’s 74.66 percent of the entire population or 89.52 percent of adults. 3,870,249 of them are fully vaccinated. This concerns 58.17 percent of the population or almost 71.90 percent of adults.
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View the situation in your municipality here:
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