⁍ Belgium grapples with a resurgence in novel coronavirus cases and hospitals risk running out of beds.
⁍ New infections in Belgium, among the hardest-hit countries in Europe, hit a peak of more than 18,000 on Oct. 20.
⁍ Belgium had 1,369 new COVID-19 infections per 100,000 residents over the past week.
– Pandemic No. 19 has hit a new peak in Belgium, with 18,000 new infections last week—a 10-fold increase over the previous week. Hospitals are running out of beds, officials say, and the federal government will decide by this weekend whether to return to a nationwide lockdown, Reuters reports. “We must prepare everything for a lockdown if there is no improvement by the end of this week,” says a health ministry spokesman. “We could still get by without a lockdown, but only if the rate of hospital admissions was brought under control.”
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-belgium/belgium-faces-decision-on-possible-new-lockdown-by-weekend-official-idUSKBN27C1HP