The index of incidence – which gives an account of the number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus for every 100,000 inhabitants – is 54 for the period from 20 July to 2 August in Belgium (+198 % compared to the period of counting previous).

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In total, 443,1 new cases per day, on average, were diagnosed over the same period. For the week of 27 July to 2 August, this number climbs to 530,9, indicates Sciensano Thursday in the update of the data on the dashboard.