A total of 1471 people with corona are still in hospitals. That is 69 fewer than Friday. In the nursing wards, this number fell by 56 to 1,295.
In the past 24 hours, 195 new corona patients were brought in to the nursing wards, 13 new admissions to the ICs. That is 11 less than Friday.
An important part of the admitted patients who tested positive for the corona virus, were admitted in the first place for another cause. This can be, for example, people who come to the hospital with stomach complaints, heart problems or after an accident. After doing a corona test, it turns out that they happen to be positive. The LCPS makes no distinction in the daily hospital figures between patients admitted with or because of corona.
12 new deaths
Between Friday morning and Saturday morning, 70,410 new corona cases were registered at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). That is a lot less than Friday, when 80,676 new infections were identified after correction.
In the past seven days, RIVM registered 877,209 positive test results. That equates to an average of 125,316 new cases per day. Last Tuesday, more than 300,000 overdue test results were reported in one fell swoop. The RIVM already indicated that day that the number of positive tests is starting to level off.
RIVM reports 12 new deaths on Saturday. This does not mean that these people have actually died in the past 24 hours, because it sometimes takes a while before a death from Covid-19 is reported to RIVM. On Friday, the institute registered 19 people who died as a result of a corona infection.