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49,906 cases; 7,844 deaths: https://covid-19.sciensano.be/sites/default/files/Covid19/Meest recente update.pdf
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...snipThis brings the total number of cases in Belgium, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 50,781. The total reflects all people in Belgium who have been infected, and includes confirmed active cases as well as patients who have since recovered, or died from the consequences of the virus.
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179 of these new cases occurred in the general population, and 93 in the residential care centres.
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“We are also reporting 229 additional deaths that occurred in hospitals, between 24 March and 4 May. 71 of these were not confirmed with a lab test, but with a scan that showed a clear infection,” said Van Gucht. 157 other deaths were not confirmed by a test or a scan, but the doctors have several indications to strongly suspect they died from the infection.
The total number of deaths is currently 8,339. “From now on, all deaths that are suspected of being linked to the virus, or based on a scan, will also be systematically added to deaths in hospitals,” Van Gucht added.
This brings the total number of cases in Belgium, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 51,420. The total reflects all people in Belgium who have been infected, and includes confirmed active cases as well as patients who have since recovered, or died from the consequences of the virus.
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80 new deaths have been reported, of which 37 occurred in hospitals, and were confirmed cases. 43 of the deaths were reported by the residential care centres, of which 74% were confirmed cases.
485 new people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium, confirmed the Federal Public Health Service on Sunday.
This brings the total number of cases in Belgium since the beginning of the pandemic to 53,081. The total reflects all people in Belgium who have been infected, and includes confirmed active cases as well as patients who have since recovered, or died from the consequences of the virus.
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76 new deaths have been reported, bringing the total number of people who died because of the coronavirus to 8,656.
This brings the total number of cases in Belgium, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 53,779. The total reflects all people in Belgium who have been infected, and includes confirmed active cases as well as patients who have since recovered, or died from the consequences of the virus.
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The total number of deaths in Belgium since the beginning of the pandemic is currently 8,761, of which 48% occurred in hospitals, 51% in residential care centres, 0.3% at home, and 0.4% somewhere else. The hospital deaths are all confirmed cases. Of the deaths in residential care centres, 22% are confirmed cases, and 78% are suspected ones.
279 additional people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium, confirmed the Federal Public Health Service during a press conference on Monday.
This brings the total number of cases in Belgium, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 55,559. The total reflects all people in Belgium who have been infected, and includes confirmed active cases as well as patients who have since recovered, or died from the consequences of the virus.
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28 new deaths have been reported, bringing the total number of people who died because of the coronavirus to 9,080. “The trend in the number of newly-reported deaths also decreases by about 8% per day,” Van Gucht said.
This brings the total number of cases in Belgium, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 55,791. The total reflects all people in Belgium who have been infected, and includes confirmed active cases as well as patients who have since recovered, or died from the consequences of the virus.
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29 new deaths have been reported, of which 21 occurred in hospitals, and were confirmed cases. 8 of the deaths were reported by the residential care centres, of which 88% were confirmed cases.
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The total number of deaths in Belgium since the beginning of the pandemic is currently 9,108, of which 48% occurred in hospitals, 51% in residential care centres, 0.2% at home, and 0.4% somewhere else. The hospital deaths are all confirmed cases. Of the deaths in residential care centres, 24% are confirmed cases, and 76% are suspected ones.
This brings the total number of cases in Belgium, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 55,983. The total reflects all people in Belgium who have been infected, and includes confirmed active cases as well as patients who have since recovered, or died from the consequences of the virus.
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While the government’s measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus are still being widely observed, support for the government’s approach to the issue is going down, according to a poll carried out for the VRT and De Standaard.
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3. Belgium begins new drug trials on 50 Covid-19 patients
A clinical trial for a drug with the potential to treat one of the symptoms of the illness caused by the coronavirus will begin in Belgium on Wednesday.
French biotechnology company Biophytis got the green light from the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products in Belgium to test their medicine Sarconeos
6. Coronavirus: One in four intensive care patients did not survive
Almost one in four of all patients suffering from the coronavirus infection and taken into intensive care (ICU) died in hospital, according to an informal survey carried out by De Standaard.
The newspaper called nine Flemish hospitals, including the hospital of the Free University of Brussels, (VUB), to find out the rate of fatalities among ICU patients. The intention was to compare Belgium’s figures against a report that in China, 97% of ICU patients did not survive, and half of all ICU patients in the United Kingdom.
From the responses – which are admittedly partial – it appears that 23% of ICU patients died, compared to only 11% of those admitted to hospital but not to ICU
198 additional people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium in the last 24 hours, according to figures by the Federal Public Health Service on Tuesday.
This brings the total number of cases in Belgium, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 57,455
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The total number of deaths in Belgium since the beginning of the pandemic is currently 9,334, of which 48% occurred in hospitals, 51% in residential care centres, 0.3% at home, and 0.5% somewhere else.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-05/27/c_139092522.htmBRUSSELS, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Belgium has recorded 137 new cases of COVID-19 infection and 36 new deaths in a 24-hour period, taking the infection tally to 57,592 and 9,364 dead, according to figures released on Wednesday by the public health institute Sciensano.http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-05/27/c_139092522.htm