16 February 2021: The coronavirus numbers continue to fall…

16 February 2021: Yesterday’s figures show a further fall in the number of people testing positive for the virus. In the week to 12 February on average 1809 people tested positive each day in Belgium. The figure is down again 19% on the week. Also, for the first time since last October the number of people with COVID-19 that are being cared for in Belgian hospitals has fallen below 1,600. This is a far cry from the more than 7,000 COVID-19 patients that were in Belgian hospitals at the peak of the second wave of the pandemic in early November 2020. All of this should be a source for optimism. However, I guess that we will only be able to be at ease once the at-risk groups and the over 65’s have been vaccinated. Nevertheless, there is finally some light at the end of the very long lockdown tunnel. Whilst spring is knocking at the door, I decided to post another image from the weekend when the dunes were still covered with snow – De Haan, Belgium.