The downward trend continues
On Thursday 21 May, 276 new cases were reported. Of these, 175 live in Flanders, 69 in Wallonia and 30 in Brussels. We have no information on the residence of the other 2 cases. This brings the total number of confirmed infected people to 56 511.
The rest of the situation is as follows:
- A total of 1 415 patients have been admitted to hospital. Over the past 24 hours, there have been 56 new admissions.
- There are a total of 268 patients in intensive care, which is a decrease of 9 patients in the past 24 hours.
- 15 123 patients have been discharged from hospital and declared cured since 15 March, which is an increase of 135 in the past 24 hours.
- A total of 9 212 deaths have been reported, which is an increase of 26 in the past 24 hours. Of those 26 people, 14 died in hospital and 12 in a residential care centre. In the latter group, 67% were confirmed by a COVID test.
- Of the total of 9 212 people, 48% died in hospital, 51% in a residential care centre, 0.2% at home and 0.5% elsewhere. The hospital deaths are all confirmed cases. The deaths in residential care centres were both confirmed (24%) and suspected (76%) cases.
New infections continue to be diagnosed in our territory, but the trends are going downwards. So please persevere and follow the general measures, take good care of yourself and of others.
If you are ill (fever, coughing, respiratory problems, etc.), then please follow the advice of the FPS Public Health and:
- stay at home
- contact your doctor directly by telephone
- follow the recommendations on the website https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/.
This way, everyone will help to slow the progress of the pandemic and protect the most vulnerable among us.