RIVM: Weekly coronavirus infections up 56 percent; Dozens more hospitalized

An official weekly report on coronavirus infections in the Netherlands showed that there was a 56 percent increase in new infections of the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus for the seven-day period ending Tuesday morning. There were 4,036 infections during that time, according to public health agency RIVM, an increase from 2,588 during the previous week. Nine more people with Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the viral strain. In total, an estimated 6,159 people are confirmed to have died from the coronavirus disease since the end of February.Submitted by Zack Newmark on Tuesday, 11 August 2020 - 13:23 https://nltimes.nl/2020/08/11/rivm-weekly-coronavirus-infections-56-percent-dozens-hospitalized