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ANP Productions | Source: ANP
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The number of new corona cases has risen by almost half. In the past seven days, 17,832 positive tests have been registered, compared to 12,016 in the week before. That is an increase of more than 48 percent. The outbreak is now at its highest level since late August. “The expected autumn increase seems to have started”, according to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
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The number of positive tests is increasing in every age group. For example, the virus was found last week in 1434 children aged 5 to 9 years. That is 55 percent more than the week before. Among 45- to 49-year-olds, the number of new cases rose by almost 62 percent. An increase of almost 75 percent was seen among the seventies and almost 80 percent among the over-90s, but these are still fairly small numbers.
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