The number of corona infections is still increasing. Between Wednesday morning and Thursday morning 7,833 new corona cases were registered, a new day record.
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On Wednesday, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) had reported 7296 positive tests and on Tuesday 7377. Since the outbreak started, more than 200,000 people in the Netherlands have tested positive. The counter now stands at almost 204,000.
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Rotterdam-Rijnmond had the most infections. In the region, 909 people tested positive. It is the second time that the area has risen above 900. 978 new infections were registered between Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning. Of the 909 new corona cases, 470 residents of Rotterdam are.
The province of Utrecht had 868 new infections and the Haaglanden region 653. In Amsterdam-Amstelland, 599 infections were detected, including 506 in Amsterdam itself. In the regions of Central and West Brabant (557, including 127 in Tilburg), Brabant North (431), Brabant South East (406), more than four hundred corona cases were also detected.
Deaths
More than 48,000 new infections have been reported in the past seven days. Since the start of the outbreak, more than 200,000 people in the Netherlands have been tested positive. The counter now stands at almost 204,000. Less than a month ago, the 100,000th infection in the Netherlands was established. Amsterdam has more than 20,000 positively tested residents since Thursday, the first municipality. The counter now stands at 20,303 confirmed cases. Rotterdam follows with 15,500, in The Hague the virus was found in 11,310 inhabitants and in Utrecht nearly 6,400 inhabitants were tested positive. This is followed by 35 municipalities with more than a thousand cases.
The number of deaths increased by 29. That is not to say that all these people died in the last 24 hours. Such information is sometimes passed on with some delay. 32 deaths were reported between Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning.
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