nearly 170 new cases of covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants, the number of infections increases by 24%

Posted Sunday, September 27, 2020 at 07:09 a.m.

By Sudinfo with Belga

The contamination rate per 100,000 inhabitants calculated over the period from September 10 to 23 was 168.3 (+ 144%) for the whole of the territory, according to the provisional figures of the last update on Sunday. dashboard of the Sciensano public health institute. The total number of covid-19 cases is 112,803.

The average number of coronavirus infections rose to 1,528.7 per day between September 17 and 23 (+ 24% compared to the previous seven-day period).

The number of hospital admissions continues to grow steadily, averaging 64.9 per day for the period September 20-26. A total of 20,043 people have been hospitalized since the start of the crisis.

The Sars-CoV-2 virus has caused the death of at least 9,974 people in Belgium since the start of the epidemic.

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