As of Monday, 2,485 patients were hospitalized in Belgium, including 412 in intensive care. Authorities have warned that intensive care units will hit their capacity of 2,000 beds by mid-November if new cases continue to soar at the same pace. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said the situation in Belgium now is more serious than it was in March, when the country implemented a national lockdown. “We have three times as many people in intensive care in hospitals. It will continue to deteriorate,” De Croo told RTL.

Source: The Standard October 19, 2020 14:48 UTC