Belgium reports below 200 cases of COVID-19 for first time since mid-October, shows data

In Belgium, it has been the first time since the middle of October that are less than 200 of the COVID-19. However, patients in intensive care all over the nation are still rising.

The cases of people getting infected by the COVID-19 infection is decreasing gradually, but the number of people getting admitted to the health care centre is increasing again.

As per the data released by the Sciensano Public Health Institute, on Wednesday, between 2 to 8 March, 143.1 of the people suffering from the COVID-19 infection were hospitalized on a per-day basis. An increase of 3 per cent has been noticed over the last seven days.

Along with this, the data shows the maximum number of individuals who end up in the health care centre because of the infection, not the people who got admitted with the other condition and then tested positive for the COVID-19 disease.

Moreover, on Tuesday, a maximum of 2,007 individuals were in hospitals of Belgium because of the infection, which 62 less than on Monday, of whom 197 were being treated in intensive care (-9), and 91 people were in the ventilator.

The figures cover all of the individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 infection, such as the people who were first admitted with other health conditions.

On the other hand, on Monday, various nations measured were relaxed in Belgium as a result of the “favourable evolution of the epidemic conditions,” such as the Covid Safe Ticket (CST) need and the face mandate.

However, an average of 6,181 new coronavirus viruses were discovered on a daily basis. There is a 5 per cent decrease in the last week.

Furthermore, the current situation in Belgium related to the COVID-19 infection accounts for 45.4 per cent of all the cases, while the Omicron variant BA.2, which was predicted to be the dominant variant, is accounting for 54.6 per cent.