85 new people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19), confirmed the FPS Public Health on Thursday.
On 11 March, the National Reference Laboratory network tested 806 samples, of which 85 tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Belgium to 399, the FPS stated on its website.
66 of the newly infected people live in Flanders, 16 in Wallonia and 3 in Brussels.
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On Wednesday, three Belgians died as a result of the coronavirus.
Update: The number of patients confirmed with the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium is 556, as of Friday 13 March. Read more about it here.
Maïthé Chini
The Brussels Times
