Corona takes another dive in Kempen (Herentals)
In the Kempen, an average of 166 new infections per day were added in the past week. In the week before, there were 263 per day. Several municipalities see their figure halved in a short time.
The infection rate for the entire region fell by 41% in the seven days compared to the week before. It indicates the summer peak reached in mid-July, after the number of infections in the two weeks later started to decrease and not even accelerate. In between, we are halfway through the peak moment of 329 infections per day. only in Baarle-Hertog the infections increased -by only one number certainly more than in the previous week-, but everywhere seniors in our district the downward trend continues.
In Beerse, Hoogstraten, Kasterlee, Mol, Retie and Vorselaar the infection rate even halved compared to the week before, in Arendonk, Balen, Geel, Grobbendonk, Herentals, Herenthout, Herselt, Hulshout, Laakdal, Meerhout, Merksplas, Olen, Ravels, Rijkevorsel, Turnhout and Westerlo by more than a quarter. As for the incidence figure, which calculates the ratio of the number of infections to the population, four Kempen municipalities (Kasterlee, Laakdal, Grobbendonk and Vorselaar) are in the top 15 of the province of Antwerp. But that figure also includes the infections from two weeks ago. (ho)