Dutch coronavirus deaths double in a week, as new infections fall

The official weekly report from Dutch public health agency RIVM showed that a total of 3,588 more positive coronavirus tests were recorded during the week ending at 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning. That was 425 fewer than the previous week, equivalent to a ten percent drop. It was the first weekly decline registered by the agency since the beginning of July. A total of 67,543 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus since the end of February. The RIVM said that 12,126 people have required hospitalization for the coronavirus disease, including an increase of 84.Submitted by Zack Newmark on Tuesday, 25 August 2020 - 14:16 https://nltimes.nl/2020/08/25/dutch-coronavirus-deaths-double-week-new-infections-fall