Increase in number of corona patients in hospitals continues, slight decrease in infections Inland

However, the number of new infections fell slightly (-190) compared to Friday, when the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) registered 11,324 positive tests (adjusted from 11,363). The number of new infections was above the seven-day average on Saturday, which now stands at 9,934.

Amsterdam leads the way on Saturday with 1114 new infections, followed by Rotterdam, where 757 people were told a positive test result. This is followed by Utrecht (351), Breda (286) and Groningen (264).

No new deaths have been reported since Friday. The number of deaths from corona rose by two on Friday. When a corona patient dies, it can sometimes take a while before this is registered, so these people may have died before.

Hospital admissions

However, the increase in the number of corona patients in hospitals continues. 284 patients have now been admitted, nineteen more than Friday. The total number of corona patients admitted is the highest since the beginning of this month.

Fifty new patients ended up on the wards, one more than Friday. Five new patients ended up in intensive care units, according to figures from the National Coordination Center for Patients Spreading (LCPS).

There are now 77 corona patients on the ICs, two more than Friday. In the nursing wards, the number of patients rose by 17 to 207, the highest number since Sunday, June 27, when there were more than 200 patients.

Because the number of positive tests has been increasing rapidly lately, the LCPS expects it to become busier in the ICUs and on the nursing wards in the near future.

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