The number of positive tests is considerably higher than the figures of recent days. For example, 346 positive test results were reported yesterday. The average of the last seven days is 310.
Most of the new positive tests reported today come from the municipality of Emmen (130). Assen (64) and Hoogeveen (46) follow at a great distance.
Two residents of Drenthe, from Emmen and De Wolden, have been hospitalized with corona-related complaints. No new deaths as a result of the virus have been reported in Drenthe.
Number of positive tests, hospital admissions and deaths as a result of the coronavirus (source: RIVM, 31-12-2021)
| Township | Positive tests | Hospital admissions | death |
| Aa and Hunze | 2754 (+17) | 10 | 22 |
| shafts | 7594 (+64) | 83 | 25 |
| Borger-Odoorn | 2930 (+20) | 38 | 22 |
| Coevorden | 5104 (+35) | 67 | 35 |
| Emmen | 15691 (+130) | 226 (+1) | 93 |
| Hoogeveen | 8664 (+46) | 96 | 47 |
| Meppel | 4407 (+36) | 40 | 37 |
| Central Drenthe | 3946 (+25) | 45 | 32 |
| North field | 3494 (+18) | 40 | 27 |
| Tynaarlo | 3280 (+42) | 30 | 26 |
| Westerveld | 2069 (+12) | 22 | 23 |
| The Wolden | 3630 (+26) | 44 (+1) | 28 |
| Unknown | 331 (+9) | 0 | 0 |
Most new corona cases in three weeks
The number of new corona cases is also rising nationally. In the past 24 hours, a total of 16,796 positive tests were registered. That is the highest number in almost three weeks. The increase was expected because the new omikron variant of the coronavirus has become dominant.
In the past seven days, RIVM received 92,449 reports of positive tests. That is 4 percent more than in the seven days before. That percentage is called the growth rate. For the first time since November 30, the number of cases is rising on a weekly basis.
On average, this amounts to 13,207 positive tests per day. That average is rising for the third day in a row.
Number of deaths remains stable
The number of deaths remains fairly stable for the time being. In the past day, RIVM received a message that 33 people have died as a result of their corona infection. For a Friday, that’s the lowest number since November 12.
In the past seven days, 266 deaths have been reported, an average of 38 per day. That is comparable to the level in the past period. This figure is somewhat distorted because dozens of deaths from November in Zeeland were only registered this week.
More than 3.1 million positive tests have been registered since the start of the epidemic almost two years ago. Almost 21,000 people are certain that they have died of the corona virus. The actual numbers of infections and deaths are higher.
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