What is Infectieradar?
With Infectieradar, RIVM researches health complaints that may be associated with an infection with a virus.
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The elderly and people with fragile health
In this article you learn more about advice for the elderly and people with fragile health (risk groups)
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What does the current situation in China mean for the Netherlands?
What does the current situation in China mean for the Netherlands?
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Monitoring development of the coronavirus with virus particles in wastewater
In this article we explain how virus particles in waste water are measured to monitor the development of the virus.
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Corona thermometer
The thermometer shows the state of the influence on society and the healthcare sector caused by the corona virus.
Fewer updates, still keeping track of the virus
Fewer updates, still keeping track of the virus.
Wastewater sampling to play more prominent role in monitoring development of coronavirus
Wastewater sampling will play a more prominent role in monitoring the development of the coronavirus.
What is the impact of the omicronvariant?
Omicron is now the most common variant of the coronavirus. What does this mean for the Netherlands?
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There are no more coronavirus risk levels on the dashboard. Why is that?
Because of the lower impact Omicron has had on hospitals, the use of risk levels is no longer relevant.
How many people are currently in hospital?
This article provides more information on the figures presented on the dashboard page on ‘Hospital admissions per day’.
How many COVID-19 patients are there in ICUs?
We need to know how many ICU beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients in order to see whether there are enough ICU beds.
What is vaccination coverage and how is it calculated?
This article explains what vaccination coverage is and how is it calculated.
How do we know what coronavirus variants there are?
New variants of the coronavirus are closely monitored. How do we keep track of the different variants?
What is the COVID-19 mortality rate based on cause of death?
CBS publishes the mortality rate based on cause of death certificates. What is this exactly?
What is the reproduction number and why is it always two weeks old?
What exactly is the reproduction number and ‘exponential growth’? And why is the reproduction number two weeks old?
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Impact of 6 million vaccinations reflected in fewer positive tests and hospital admissions
The effect of 6 million vaccine doses can be seen in the number of positive tests and hospital admissions.
Age distribution of COVID patients in hospitals in the Netherlands
Two graphs on the Coronavirus Dashboard show the age distribution of people admitted to hospital with COVID-19. What do these graphs tell us?
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What do the figures of the GGD test locations say?
Roughly three-fourths of all coronavirus test results come from these test centres. What do these figures say?
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Positive tests: the spread of the virus
The dashboard contains a lot of information. What should you know about positive tests?
How coronavirus affects young and old
Coronavirus does not affect everyone to the same extent. Elderly people die more often than young people.
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What are the implications of the UK coronavirus variant (Alpha variant) for the Netherlands?
The UK coronavirus variant is increasingly common in The Netherlands. What are the implications?
Are we sticking to the coronavirus rules?
If we all stick to the coronavirus rules, the number of infections will drop. But is this actually happening?
What’s meant by number of reported deaths?
The number COVID-19 deaths does not say how many people have died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Why is that?
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What is excess mortality?
In the figures on excess mortality you also see unreported COVID-19 deaths. But what is excess mortality?