Higher number of contacts and retired population on the coast mainly affected: the typical profile of the hospitalized patient differs from previous waves.
For several weeks, the incidence of new cases of Covid-19 has been higher in Flanders than in Brussels and Wallonia.
A phenomenon that is confirmed by the new figures published by Sciensano. Virologist Steven Van Gucht sees two explanatory factors. “In view of our studies on the average number of contacts per individual, we notice that the latter has increased more in Flanders than elsewhere in the country. There have also been mass events such as carnivals and it must also be said that more testing in Flanders Incidence is higher in Limburg and Antwerp This increase is slowly starting to slow down and as in the past, we can expect a lag in the different stages.”