13 February 2021: The trend of number of new infections continues to be encouraging…

13 February 2021: In the week to 9 February on average 1987 people tested positive each day in Belgium. The figure is down 15% on the week. Given the difficult context with the cold winter weather, the schools being open and the presence of the more contagious mutants of the virus this number is encouraging. During the last week of January 20% of people that became infected with coronavirus contracted the more contagious British variant and 3.2% of coronavirus infections were with the South African variant of the virus. In summary, despite the positive trend we are still at a high plateau and the risk of an upsurge remains high. Despite the brass-monkey weather, I carry on with my daily walks documenting live as it unfolds before my eyes during these unprecedented times – Citadelpark, Ghent, Belgium.