In the past seven days, 64,087 new cases of the coronavirus have been reported to RIVM, the first decrease in two months. Last week, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment reported 67,542 positive tests. That equates to a decrease of 5 percent.
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“Especially in the last days we saw a lower number of reports. That seems to be an effect of the measures that came into effect at the end of September and mid-October,” the institute said in an explanation.
Nevertheless, according to the RIVM, the decline is not yet fast enough. The so-called reproduction number, the number that indicates how quickly the coronavirus is spreading among the population, fell slightly to 1.1 last week. The government wants the reproduction number to fall below 1. Then the outbreak slowly fades. “The number of infectious people remains high, with 166,000 people this week,” the institute said. The RIVM also points out that in the age groups over 60 years, no decrease in the number of positively tested people can be seen.
It was also announced that the number of deaths has continued to increase. In the past week, 435 deaths from the coronavirus have been reported. Last week, the institute reported 329 corona deaths and 185 the week before.
More admissions to nursing ward
The RIVM also announced that 1966 people had been admitted to a hospital ward because of the corona virus, and that 321 people had been admitted to an intensive care unit. A week earlier, there were 1739 and 333 respectively.
The regions of Amsterdam-Amstelland and Hollands-Midden showed the largest decrease in the number of new infections. Compared to the previous week, the number of reports has decreased by at least 20 percent. The regions with the highest number of reports per 100,000 inhabitants are Rotterdam-Rijnmond, South Holland-South and Central and West Brabant. These regions had more than 500 reports per 100,000 inhabitants.
In the past week, more than 295,000 people were tested in GGD test streets, more than 26,500 fewer than in the previous week. The results are known for 292,613 people. Of this group, 48,495 tested positive. “The percentage of positive tests is still high (16.6 percent), but has decreased for the first time since July 2020 compared to the previous week,” said the RIVM.
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