The number of new cases of coronavirus is falling in Belgium at the national level, but it is increasing in certain regions of the country, and many municipalities are reaching or exceeding the famous “alarm threshold”.
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New cases of coronavirus contamination continue to slow in Belgium while deaths and hospitalizations are still on the rise, according to data released Tuesday by the Institute of Public Health Sciensano.
Between August 8 and August 14, there was an average of 532.6 new infections per day, a drop of 14% compared to the previous week. In total, 78,534 contaminations were recorded.
Despite this, in many municipalities, the number of Covid-19 cases continues to climb. And in some of them, the famous “alarm threshold” (20 new contaminations per 100,000 inhabitants in one week) has even been reached or exceeded. Be careful therefore that this “alarm threshold” should be put into perspective in certain municipalities, the smallest of them can indeed quickly exceed it with a single case.
This Tuesday, August 18, 191 municipalities have reached or exceeded the “alarm threshold”, according to the latest consolidated data from Sciensano. Check in the map below if your municipality is part of it (the “Cumulative Incidence” will therefore be greater than or equal to 20).
In this map, you can also find the number of cases over the last 7 days and the number of days in a row since (s) your municipality has noticed an increase in new cases (“number of day (s) with increase ”). Finally, the last data (“Since when do we observe at least one case per day”) indicates for how many consecutive days at least one case has been reported in the municipality.
Finally, here is the map and the table showing the number of cases reported in your town yesterday, since the start of phase 3 of deconfinement (June 8) and since the start of the epidemic.
In addition, during this same period from August 8 to 14, 8.6 people died of the virus on average, 100% more compared to the previous week. In total, 9,944 people have died from the coronavirus in Belgium.
The average of new hospitalizations increased 24% during this period to 33.1 per day.
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