4 May 2020 Update from A Locked Down Ghent

Today all non-essential businesses restart their activities, hospitals are resuming non-urgent appointments and public transport resumes its normal timetable. The falling trend is continuing and the number of patients in critical care is under 700. 77 patients have been hospitalized according to yesterday's report. The total number of people in hospital with the disease is down to 3,056. The crisis center also reported 79 fatalities, bringing the total number to 7,844. In the coming days the focus will be on the roll out of testing and the tracing of infections. We are looking forward to the new phase of the lockdown with concern and excitement. Today’s picture is from yesterday’s outing, it was my second visit to the Valhalla of graffiti at the Dok Noord – Dok Noord, Ghent, Belgium