17 May 2021: Nicholas is following the positive trend of the Corona figures from the comfort of his lazy couch...

17 May 2021: The coronavirus figures continue to fall. During the week from 7 to 13 May an average of 2,267 people in Belgium tested positive for coronavirus each day. This is down 24% on the average for the previous week. There are currently 1,813 patients with COVID-19 being cared for in Belgian hospitals, a fall of 16% on the figures from a week ago. Of those in hospital, 622 are on intensive care wards. The positivity rate is 6% and the reproduction number stands at 0.91. On Friday 14 May 3,851,216 people had already received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine. This is 41.9% of the adult population. Of these 1,277,779 are fully immunised against coronavirus. The Flemish Health Minister announced yesterday that he expects that the vaccination campaign in Flanders will have been completed by mid-August. By then everyone that wishes to be vaccinated will have been given the necessary two vaccine doses (or single dose if the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is used). He added that he also aims to offer all 16- and 17-year-olds in Flanders a coronavirus vaccine by 11 July. Nicholas is following the positive trend from the comfort of his lazy couch – Ghent, Belgium