Staff of Belgian care home Le Cinquantenaire Orpea pose for a photo next to an aerial platform installed near the facade of the building allowing people to be in touch with their loved ones while inside their room, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brussels, Belgium April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian hospitals admitted the lowest number of COVID-19 patients since the start of the lockdown almost seven weeks ago, figures showed on Monday, a week before the country starts to ease restrictions.
In an encouraging sign, the number of hospital admissions, a key number to monitor the disease's evolution, fell to 127 on Sunday, the lowest level since March 18. Daily admissions peaked at over 600 at the end of March and have hovered at around 200 for the past week.
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