RIVM confirms 51% surge in Dutch coronavirus numbers; Rutte: "Not good news"

Public health agency RIVM confirmed a 51 percent surge in the number of newly reported coronavirus cases in the Netherlands, with 5,427 new infections reported through the week ending Tuesday morning. That compares to 3,597 the week before. Roughly 76,500 people in the Netherlands have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus since the end of February.Submitted by Zack Newmark on Tuesday, 8 September 2020 - 14:17 https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/08/rivm-confirms-51-surge-dutch-coronavirus-numbers-rutte-good-news