Dutch health institute RIVM reports there has been an increase in Coronavirus cases

The number of coronavirus cases is increasing. The number of virus particles in the sewage water has increased for the ninth week in a row and is now at its highest level since the beginning of the year. For the last nine weeks, the so-called virus load has increased tenfold, according to the weekly numbers from the health institute the RIVM showed.

The number of virus particles in the sewage water is considerably higher than in the same period last year. However, the concentrations are still lower than in July 2022. Sewage water measurements are currently the only way to follow the spread of the coronavirus now that the central coronavirus test locations have been closed.

According to research institution Nivel, a relatively high number of people aged 65 and older have been going to the general practitioner with complaints connected to the coronavirus over the last few weeks. This started midway through June.

Older adults are more at risk of becoming severely ill when becoming infected with the coronavirus than others. This is why they can get a vaccine against the virus in the autumn of this year.