Almost 40% increase in corona infections due to ‘autumn increase’: view the situation in your municipality here

RIVM has seen an ‘autumn increase’ in the number of corona infections in the past week. In our region, the number of corona infections has increased by 39.5 percent in the past seven days compared to the week before. This concerns 2,042 new positive tests in the region in one week, compared to 1,464 positive tests a week earlier. View here how high the increase is in your municipality.
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According to the RIVM, the number of tests taken also increased, but the number of positive tests rose faster. This indicates that the virus is likely to spread more widely. “The expected fall increase of the coronavirus seems to have started,” the RIVM reports. More corona is also found in the sewer measurement and in the Infection Radar, where people fill in how they feel, more people with corona complaints are measured.

“Respiratory viruses spread more easily in the autumn and winter,” explains RIVM epidemiologist Susan van den Hof. “When people are back inside more and have more contacts inside, sometimes without good ventilation. That’s also why we see more colds and flu in the winter.”

The map below shows how big the ‘autumn increase’ is in your region.

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Bible Belt

The number of corona infections is rising, especially in areas with a low vaccination rate, according to RIVM figures. Experts therefore argue for local measures, such as the local reintroduction of the one and a half meters away. “In the area known as the Bible Belt in the Netherlands, among other things, we know that a large part of the population does not get vaccinated for reasons of principle. That means, because it is such an effective means of prevention, that you because other alternative means will have to give priority if you still want to protect the population,” says epidemiologist Arnold Bosman.

See where today the most positive tests were reported in our region

The latest RIVM figures in our region show that Tuesday most reports of positive tests were made in one day in Hardinxveld-Giessendam (54.3), Brielle (45.9), Alblasserdam (44.7) and Molenlanden (43.1). This number represents the number of positive tests per 100,000 inhabitants.

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