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Fewer patients in hospital but OMT warns against easing restrictions Social distancing in a hospital waiting room. Photo: Odi Busman Positive tests for coronavirus fell by 11.1% in the last seven days, but hospitals are still under strain from the surge in admissions since the start of April, according to the RIVM’s latest weekly update. The public health agency recorded 47,108 new cases in the past seven days, down from 52,987 in the previous week. However, the positive test rate rose to 12.3%, its highest level since the beginning of January, as fewer tests were taken. The number of pati...

Decline in coronavirus infections slows to 8% as new strains spread Photo: DutchNews.nl The decline in coronavirus cases slowed to just over 8% in the third week of January, according to the latest weekly update by the RIVM. Hospital and intensive care admissions also fell by smaller margins than the previous week, while the positive test rate was unchanged at 11.7%. The reproductive number R fell slightly from 0.98 to 0.93, reflecting the modest downward trend. The slower decline is likely an indication that the more virulent B-117 strain of coronavirus, first detected in the UK, is spreadi...

Coronavirus cases down by 12% in last week but hospitals continue to fill up Photo: DutchNews.nl The number of coronavirus infections reported in the last week fell for the first time in a month – but health officials said it was too early to tell if the current lockdown was working. In the seven days to Tuesday 67,388 new cases were reported to the public health agency RIVM. The figure is 18.1% lower than the previous week, but that figure included around 6,000 cases that were reported late because of data processing problems. The RIVM calculated that the underlying trend was a drop of 11...

11 cases of infectious British Covid strain identified in the Netherlands Photo: Depositphotos.com So far 11 cases of the British variant of coronavirus have been identified in the Netherlands, five in Rotterdam, five in the Amsterdam region and one in Nijmegen, public health institute RIVM said on Monday. The variant was first identified in the Netherlands earlier this month. The five Rotterdam cases are all linked to an outbreak at a primary school in the city which began a month ago and which are now being investigated more thoroughly, the RIVM said. The Nijmegen resident found to have th...