The contagious omikron variant is believed to be responsible for the rapid advance of the coronavirus. Omikron has been dominant in the Netherlands since last week. The RIVM already predicted that this would lead to extra infections.
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especially young people
The vast majority of infections are found among people aged 15 to 34 years. In the past week, the corona virus was diagnosed in 9402 people aged 15 to 19 years. Among 20- to 24-year-olds, the number of new cases rose by 79 percent to 13,764.
The increase was 63 percent among 25 to 29 year olds and 43 percent among 30 to 34 year olds.
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The number of hospital admissions decreased last week compared to last week. This may be because the number of hospital admissions is lagging behind the number of infections. Fewer people were admitted to both the IC and the nursing ward than a week earlier. The number of hospital admissions is expected to increase again.
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In the past seven days, 152 patients have been admitted to the intensive care units, last week there were 182. 995 new corona patients were admitted to the regular nursing wards, last week there were 1101.
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“In the coming period, with a rapidly increasing number of infections by omikron, the number of hospital admissions may increase again. Even if the omikron variant causes serious illness in a smaller proportion of infected people,” RIVM looks ahead.
RIVM is not commenting on a possible effect of the holidays. It is clear that many people visited each other around Christmas and New Year.
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