Belgium remains one of the hardest hit countries with covid-19. With a population of more than eleven million, the country has now recorded ten thousand fatalities.
Belgium had more than 250 deaths daily during the peak of the pandemic in April.
The Belgian government says testing capacity has been stepped up, which has led to a sharp rise in the number of positive cases recorded, particularly now that people have returned to work and school after the summer holidays.
Meanwhile, Romania, too, has witnessed a spike in coronavirus infections by a record twenty-one hundred in the twenty-four hours between Tuesday and Wednesday.
This brings to more than one hundred twenty-seven thousand, the total number of infections in the country. Forty-eight hundred twenty-five infected persons have died so far. The government has extended a state of alert until mid-October.
Since the government eased lockdown restrictions in May, protective masks have become mandatory in public transport and indoor public spaces.
