115 patients deceased, 225 new patients, a total of 23,097 confirmed cases
Hospital admissions for 225 patients were reported today (current or previous). 115 deaths were reported. Not all of the hospital admissions or deaths occurred within the last 24 hours.
Some patients are reported later. For this reason, the figures are often supplemented with data from previous days.
The figures for the last few days are still in line with the impression that COVID-19 spreading slower than if no measures had been taken.
Since not all COVID-19 patients are tested, the actual numbers in the Netherlands are higher than the numbers stated in the report.
23,097 confirmed COVID-19 patients have been reported to RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment to date. Almost a quarter of all reported COVID-19 patients to date come from Noord-Brabant. The number of reports in the north of the Netherlands is steadily low.
Healthcare workers
The distribution between the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases of healthcare workers and other patients varies significantly per region. This depends on the degree of spread of the coronavirus and the local testing policy until 6 April. For example, 56% of all reports from Groningen originate from healthcare workers. In Noord-Brabant, this is 11% of the reports to date. Nationwide, 24% of confirmed COVID-19 cases is a healthcare professional.
See news message regional differences in coronavirus epidemic in the Netherlands
Testing policy
More tests have been carried out since 6 April. The extension of testing is intended for care workers outside the hospital, such as general practitioners, nursing home workers, disabled care workers or home care workers. Also, more patients are being tested with a high risk of a severe course of coronavirus infection, such as the elderly and people with severe underlying health conditions or disorder. See also coronavirus testing policy in the Netherlands.
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). Read the news message excess mortality caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
See also the report on data on coronavirus in the Netherlands (only in Dutch).