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Coronavirus cases fell by almost one-third in the past seven days, raising hopes that lockdown measures can be eased next week.
The latest weekly report by the public health agency RIVM recorded 43,621 new infections, a 31.9% drop from the previous week’s total of 64,087. Hospital admissions were also down by 23% at 1,520, while the number of patients admitted to intensive care fell from 321 to 275. However, the number of recorded deaths from Covid-19 increased from 435 to 565.
The proportion of tests returning a positive result fell from 16.6% to 14.5%, still well above the World Health Organization’s target level of 5%. Crucially, the R number, which represents the estimated rate at which the virus is spreading, was calculated to be 0.91 on October 23. If the number is below 1 it means the number of infections in the population is declining.
The latest daily figures showed a slight drop of six to 4,695. At the peak of the second wave, on October 30, 11,119 new cases were recorded.
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Article URL : https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/11/coronavirus-cases-drop-by-32-in-a-week-lockdown-to-be-eased-next-week/