The number of new corona cases in the Netherlands has increased again. Between Thursday morning and Friday morning, 9,974 positive tests were registered, the highest number in a week. RIVM reported 5,720 cases on Thursday and 4,615 on Wednesday, but that was partly due to a technical malfunction.
Last week there were also more positive tests on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday than on Monday and Tuesday. According to the GGDs, this may be because fewer people are tested during the weekend than during the week. If someone was tested on Saturday or Sunday, the result may be known on Monday or Tuesday.
In the past seven days, 37,000 positive tests have been registered, comparable to the week before. At the end of October, at the top of the second wave, there were nearly 70,000 positive tests in a week.
The number of deaths has increased by 51. That does not mean that all these people have died in the past 24 hours. 75 deaths were recorded on Thursday.
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