Number of confirmed cases stagnates
In the past week (18 November – 24 November) the number of newly tested COVID-19 positives was comparable to the week before. The number of hospital and IC admissions due to COVID-19 did decrease slightly in the past week. The pressure on the healthcare system remains high. The reproduction number of 6 November increased compared to the week before, and has a value of 1,02 (lower: 0,99 and upper: 1,05). This means that 100 COVID-19 positives infect 102 other persons. Risk level per region can be ‘caution’ (level 1), ‘concern’ (level 2), ‘serious’ (level 3) or ‘severe’ (level 4). At this moment the risk level of 20 regions is 'severe', for 5 it is ‘serious’, for 0 it is ‘concern’ and for 0 it is ‘caution’.