Coronavirus in Belgium on March 19, 2022: here are the figures
The consolidated figures of the Sciensano table
Note: these figures are taken from updated data published by Sciensano in open data and tabulated here.
Cases detected¹ : between 09/03 and 15/03, 9055 new coronavirus infections have been detected on average every day. This is an increase of 25% compared to the previous week.
Trials : between 09/03 and 15/03, an average of 36.065 testing was done daily, a total up 6% from the previous week.
Admissions : they amount on average to 169.1 between 12/03 and 18/03. This is a 17% increase from the previous week.
People hospitalized² : 2263 patients are currently hospitalized in connection with Covid-19, including 170 patients treated in care intensifies.
Positivity rate³ : based on the test results obtained between 09/03 and 15/03, it is 26.8%up 3.8% from last week.
Reproduction rate : calculated on the basis of the evolution of admissions, the Rt of the coronavirus is now established at 1.11. When it is greater than 1, it means that the transmission of the virus is accelerating.
Death : between 09/03 and 15/03, 19.3 people died on average from the virus. Since the start of the epidemic, 30,529 people have died from the coronavirus.
¹ Cases detected are the number of patients for whom a positive test confirmed the presence of the virus. The date that is considered is the date of the diagnosis, not the test result. The data is harmonized after 4 days. The number of cases may partly depend on the testing strategy: if we test more systematically, we also detect more cases.
² In hospitalized persons are reflected patients already hospitalized for another reason, and who have tested positive.
³ The positivity rate is the number of positive tests compared to the number of tests performed. The same person can be tested several times. It also depends on the testing strategy: if you don’t test enough, the positivity rate will be higher.