For a long time, the number of infections rose sharply in the Netherlands. Now the country has been able to report improvement for the second week in a row: The number of reported new infections is falling sharply.
The Hague – In the Netherlands, the number of new infections fell dramatically for the second week in a row.
In the past seven days, around 21,000 cases have been reported, about 44 percent fewer than in the previous week, as the Institute for Health and Environment RIVM announced on Tuesday. The number of patients in hospitals is only increasing slightly, according to the information.
The seven-day incidence was reported to be 121. For comparison: In Germany, this value was last at 17.9. Germany had declared the Netherlands a high-risk area after the infections had increased explosively at the beginning of July with incidence values of over 400.
2263 cases were registered on Tuesday. A week earlier it was almost 4,000. Regions that were particularly hard hit are Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. According to the institute’s analysis, 11.5 percent of the newly infected people were fully vaccinated.
Two thirds of all adult Dutch people are now fully vaccinated, 85 percent of adults have received at least one dose. dpa
