Covid-19 in hospitals down 5% after weekend; 574 more infections

There were 162 people being treated in Dutch hospitals for Covid-19 on Monday, a decrease of nine compared to the previous day. The total included 41 intensive care patients, a decrease of one, and 121 outside of the ICU, a reduction of eight, according to figures from patient coordination office LCPS. Early data from public health agency RIVM added another 574 positives tests for the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus to the Dutch total on Monday. Approximately 67,500 people in the Netherlands have tested positive for the virus since the end of February.Submitted by Zack Newmark on Monday, 24 August 2020 - 16:25 https://nltimes.nl/2020/08/24/covid-19-hospitals-5-weekend-574-infections