the decline in indicators is accelerating, less than 750 beds occupied in intensive care
The main indicators of the coronavirus epidemic in Belgium are continuing to decline, at an increasingly rapid rate. The gradual rise of the Omicron variant is not yet seen in the general curves of our country, due to the very important decline of Delta.
The average number of daily coronavirus contaminations has thus fallen below 10,000, according to epidemiological figures from the Sciensano Public Health Institute on Sunday communicated by the office of Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke. It’s a 33% drop over a week of consolidated figures, but the latest daily figures even let hope for an even more rapid decline.
Admissions are also decreasing more and more quickly: there has been 130 entries recorded this Sunday, and the average has thus fallen below the 200 daily hospitalizations. It’s a 28% drop compared to the previous week.
And above all, the intensive care units are finally starting to deflate a little, even if the level remains too high in relation to the staff available at the end of the year: we are back. below the threshold of 750 beds occupied, i.e. a decrease in the occupation of 9% In a week.
The detail of the figures
Cases detected¹ : between 10/12 and 16/12, 9402 new coronavirus infections were detected on average every day. This is a decrease of 33% compared to the previous week.
Testing : between 10/12 and 16/12, an average of 77,620 tests were performed daily.
Admissions : they amount on average to 196 between 12/13 and 12/19, down 28% from the previous week.
Hospitalized people² : 2611 patients are currently hospitalized in connection with Covid-19, including 746 patients treated in care is intensifying.
Positivity rate³ : based on the results of the tests obtained between 10/12 and 16/12, it is 14.02%.
The cases detected are the number of patients for a positive test confirmed the presence of the virus. The date that is considered is the date of the diagnosis, not the test result. Data is considered consolidated after 4 days. The number of cases may depend in part on the testing strategy: if we test more systematically, we also detect more cases.
² Hospitalized patients include patients who have already been hospitalized for another reason and who have tested positive.
³ The positivity rate is the number of tests compared to the number of positive tests carried out. The same person can be tested several times. It also depends on the testing strategy: if we do not test enough, the positivity rate will be higher.