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Coronavirus – Netherlands: 44% increase in cases – Pressure intensifies in hospitals

The new cases recorded a 44% increase coronavirus in Netherlands, within a week, with the result that many hospitals in the country are cutting their care services for other diseases, in order to deal with the growing number of Covid-19 cases.

In particular, the weekly cases reached their highest level since the end of July, in 25.751, according to official figures, increasing for the third consecutive week, after the relaxation of many measures of social distancing in the country, last month.

At the same time, they were counted 48 deaths from covid-19 disease, twice as many as last week.

Hospital admissions in the country, with a population of 17.5 million, increased by one fifth compared to a week earlier and now reach the levels of early September.

This has forced the country’s hospitals to cut regular care services, canceling scheduled surgeries the limiting interventions to more serious cases, especially in areas where vaccination rates are low, according to Reuters.

“Most people are hospitalized with Covid-19 not have been vaccinated, “the Dutch Institute of Public Health said today. “In the intensive care units it is about them 4 of the 5 patients“, Added the competent body.

It is pointed out, finally, that the 83% of the adult population in the Netherlands has been fully vaccinated, according to official figures.

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