148 patients deceased, 502 new patients, a total of 15,723 confirmed cases

Since April 2, 1,026 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the Netherlands to 15,723. Among them are 6,286 people who are or were admitted to hospital.

Hospital admissions for 502 patients were reported today. Since yesterday, 148 deaths were reported. Not all of the hospital admissions or deaths occurred within the last 24 hours. The ‘coronavirus data’ report includes a graph showing the number of hospital admissions by reporting day and deaths per day of death. Due to delays in reporting, these figures may change per day.

It seems as though the initial effects of the measures can be seen. The number of patients admitted to hospital, and the number of deceased patients reported in the Netherlands is increasing less rapidly than would have been expected without measures in place. It will take a considerable time to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Everyone must continue to comply with the measures in the coming period.

RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment is receiving information on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus from multiple sources. The daily data reports from the National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) Foundation are now also included in the reports on coronavirus data in the Netherlands (only in Dutch). These figures are continuously updated by the NICE Foundation. For that reason, the figures in this report have a slight delay compared to the real-time situation.

Excess mortality

Since the flu epidemic in 2009, RIVM has been monitoring the number of deceased people every week in collaboration with Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The CBS figures show all deaths in the Netherlands, regardless of the cause of death. At this time of year, there are usually between 2700 and 3000 deaths per week. The most recent mortality figures in the Netherlands show that some 870 and 1,181 more people died in the week between 19 and 25 March 2020 than expected in this week. A significant part of the mortalities is expected to be related to COVID-19. Exactly which part will only become apparent later from the cause of death registrations. For more information: https://www.rivm.nl/monitoring-sterftecijfers-nederland (Dutch)

Since not all COVID-19 patients are tested, the actual numbers in the Netherlands are higher than the numbers stated here.

See also the ‘coronavirus data’ report (only in Dutch).