In Belgium, the spread of the coronavirus epidemic has accelerated even more: last week, health authorities recorded an average of 2,000 new infections per day, an increase of 84 percent from the data of the previous week, he wrote the local press on Sunday.

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According to Sunday statistics from the Belgian Public Health Service, in the middle of the week, on Wednesday, more than 3,000 people tested positive and the number of actively infected people per 100,000 people increased to 213. Most cases, 2,965 , were registered in Brussels.

The health minister of the new Belgian government, Frank Vanderbrouke, said that “the situation is very worrying.” At a press conference Sunday, he suggested that residents limit their relationships outside the home to 5 to 3 because “this could help avoid having to close schools again and isolate older people.”

The number of hospital admissions is also increasing: between September 30 and October 4, an average of 71 patients were admitted daily for the treatment of infectious symptoms, 49 more than the previous week. An average of 8 patients died each day from complications of the infection during the week, compared with no more than 2-3 cases in early September. In the country, which has a population of 11.5 million, the death toll surpassed 10,000 on Wednesday, and the number confirmed with the new coronavirus surpassed 127,000.

The epidemic has also deteriorated in neighboring Netherlands: a record 4007 new infections were identified on Sunday, 35 more than a day earlier. The focal points of the epidemic remain the main cities, Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam. The number of people needing hospital care is also steadily increasing, with 810 people currently receiving treatment for Covid-19 in health centers, 9% more than on Saturdays.

The Dutch government this week urged residents to wear a protective mask, although for a long time before that this type of protection was considered ineffective against the virus. However, Dutch health professionals also emphasize that wearing a mask does not substitute for hygiene and social distance rules.

In the country of 17 million people, about 136,000 coronavirus infections have been identified since the epidemic began, and 6,454 have been victims of the disease.



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