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Boudewijn Catry, spokesman for the National Institute of Public Health, said three new deaths from COVID-19 had been reported in Belgium on the last day, and the deaths of a three-year-old boy and an 18-year-old boy had been confirmed in recent days. .
The girl suffered from “severe” comorbidities, but Catry also asked healthy people to be vigilant. According to the official, 85 percent. The COVID-19 cases reported last week were confirmed in people up to 60 years of age.
“It is true that the death of a young man by COVID-19 is rare, but it is clear that no one is resistant,” he warned.
A total of 64,847 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Belgium. At the height of the crisis in Europe, the country had one of the highest morbidity rates per capita.
At first it seemed that authorities had managed to control the outbreak, and so far fewer new cases have been confirmed compared to the peak of the epidemic. But last week, 15 people were hospitalized every day, more than 10 as in the previous week.
During that period, the number of deaths increased by an average of 2.9 per day, compared to the previous figure of 1.7.
COVID-19 spokesman Catry warned earlier this week that measures were needed to ensure that this “snowball effect” did not become an avalanche of new cases.
At that time, Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes on Thursday introduced stricter rules for wearing masks in public places and also decided to postpone plans to further facilitate quarantine next month.
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