Since the coronavirus reached Belgium, half of the hospitalized patients are over 71 years old. And 90% of those who die in the clinic are over 64 years old. But in recent days, the number of positive cases among young people has been increasing.
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Between June 16 and 22, Belgium recorded an average of 89 new daily infections with Covid-19 and 7 deaths per day, indicates the epidemiological report published by Sciensano on Friday. But people looking at the new dynamic Sciensano graphics will notice something special. We now count, in new positive cases, more young people than the elderly.
Of the 504 cases confirmed between June 18 and 24, 91 patients were between 20 and 29 years of age and 87 between 30 and 39 years of age. And only 80 of these 504 cases are over 70 years of age. Is it an effect of the clandestine parties that took place last weekend? A priori, no!
“I think the explanation is multifactorial,” explains Dr. Yves Van Laethem, infectiologist at CHU Saint-Pierre and inter-federal spokesperson Covid-19.
► Here’s how to explain this trend, according to Yves Van Laethem
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