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. 2024 Feb 29;24:638. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-17951-x

Table 2.

Post-Wave I SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence data on a large sample collection in general population through outpatients referred to medical lab’s in Belgium in 2020 (reference [5]) and post-Wave II SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in blood donors (reference [13]). Last column: estimated no. of cases from seroprevalence data on basis of a 11,4 million Belgian population

Period collection Median seropositive prevalence (CI95) after wave I Estimated total no. seroconversions during Wave I

20 to 26 Apr 2020

18 to 25 May 2020

8 to 13 June 2020

5,25% (4,22% - 6,35%)

6,20% (5,05% - 7,31%)

4,74% (3,65% - 5,85%)

5,25%+6,20%+4,74%3*11,4 millions

≈ 540 thousand seroconversions

Seroconversions during Wave II
First week 2021 18,70% (15,60% - 21,70%)

(18,70%*11,4 millions) – 540 thousand

≈ 1,6 million seroconversions