170 new cases reported, infection figures fluctuate in Noordkop

As a result, the infection figures in the region have fluctuated in recent days. On Thursday, two hundred new cases came to light. On Wednesday, 104 infections were reported.

The new people who tested positive are 64 residents of the municipality of Den Helder, 47 of both Hollands Kroon and Schagen and twelve Texel residents. This is apparent from current information from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the GGD Hollands Noorden.

No hospital admissions or deaths were reported in Noordkop on Friday. Four people with a corona infection have died in the Alkmaar region. It concerns two inhabitants of Heerhugowaard and two of Castricum. This brings the number of corona deaths in Noord-Holland Noord to 563, of which 163 from the Noordkop.

In West Friesland, 183 new infections have been identified, in the Alkmaar region 368. The counter since the outbreak of the virus in mid-March last year in Noord-Holland Noord stands at 108,443 people who have had or still have corona. The Northwest Hospital (NWZ) in Alkmaar currently has 47 corona patients: eight in intensive care and 39 in nursing wards.

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