Current situation: SARS-CoV-2
RIVM shares the latest figures on the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 every week. These are the preliminary figures for the latest week of reporting (Monday through Sunday). Every week, the figures for previous weeks are recalculated based on any delayed data.
Number of people with SARS-CoV-2 in the Netherlands stabilizes
Over the past week, the number of people with SARS-CoV-2 has stabilized. The number of SARS-CoV-2 detections in the virological laboratory surveillance has increased compared to the week before. The number of participants with a positive self-test result in Infectieradar has decreased in the past week compared to the week before. In wastewater, the national average number of virus particles (the viral load) has slightly increased (7.9%) compared to the week before. Among the people who visited their general practitioner for respiratory symptoms in the past week, SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 1 of the 33 samples.
Since June 2025, SARS-CoV-2 sub-variant XFG has been the most prevalent in the Netherlands. There are no indications that this Omicron sub-variant would be more likely to cause severe illness compared to other sub-variants.
Besides SARS-CoV-2, other viruses and bacteria also cause respiratory infections.
- Respiratory infections: current situation in the Netherlands (in Dutch).
- Variants of SARS-CoV-2: current situation in the Netherlands.
Long-term symptoms
How long it takes for someone to recover from COVID-19 can differ from one person to another. Some people have long-term symptoms that persist after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. This is called post-COVID or Long COVID. On 28 June 2024, a new research portal was launched for people with post-COVID.
*The daily number of unique survey participants reporting a positive COVID-19 test, summed up for the entire calendar week (Monday through Sunday). The positive test result could come from a self-test, PCR test or rapid antigen test. The percentage of participants who get a COVID-19 test when they have symptoms may fluctuate over time. These results are not from the nose and throat swabs sent in through the self-test study that started in September 2022.
Data of 2019/2020 season is available from week 14 of 2020. Week 53 of 2020 is not included in this figure.
Based on data available at RIVM on Wednesdays, as published in the open data and presented on the Coronavirus Dashboard. See the webpage about Sewage water surveillance for the most recent data. See the explanation of the data presented for more details about how these figures are calculated.
The daily number of unique survey participants reporting a positive COVID-19 test, summed up for the entire calendar week (Monday through Sunday). The positive test result could come from a self-test, PCR test or rapid antigen test. These results are not from the nose and throat swabs sent in through the self-test study that started in September 2022. Source: Infectieradar RIVM.
Source: virological diagnostics reports Dutch Working Group for Clinical Virology (NWKV).
This graph includes data from laboratories that only report data on SARS-CoV-2 detections, unlike the graphs on the Influenza and RS-virus pages. The graph only uses data from laboratories that have reported data for at least 95% of the weeks since the 2023/2024 respiratory season and for every one of the five most recent weeks. Therefore, the laboratories of which the data are shown in the graph may change each week. In addition, the number of detections of SARS-CoV-2 in a week may change each week.
Note: This data is owned by laboratories participating in the virological laboratory surveillance (Virologische Weekstaten), represented by the board of the NWKV. The database is managed by the RIVM. Further use of the data is not allowed without permission. Permission for use of these data may be requested by contacting virweekstaten@rivm.nl.
Source: virological diagnostics reports Dutch Working Group for Clinical Virology (NWKV).
Some of the laboratories report the number of samples tested in addition to the number of detections. The percentage of positive samples in the graph above is based on the reports in which the numbers of samples were reported as well. Not all laboratories that report the number of samples tested have reported data for the most recent week. Therefore, the percentage of positive samples in the most recent week may still change.
Note: This data is owned by laboratories participating in the virological laboratory surveillance (Virologische Weekstaten), represented by the board of the NWKV. The database is managed by the RIVM. Further use of the data is not allowed without permission. Permission for use of these data may be requested by contacting virweekstaten@rivm.nl.
Posting schedule for COVID-19 updates
| Updates | When |
|---|---|
| Current situation SARS-CoV-2 | Weekly on Wednesday afternoon |
| Figures on the COVID-19 vaccination programme | 10 December 2025 |
| Figures on vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospital admissions | The date of the next update has not yet been determined |
| Mortality figures | Weekly on Wednesday afternoon |
| Figures on pathogen surveillance of virus variants | Even weeks on Wednesday afternoon |
| Figures on coronavirus monitoring in wastewater research | Weekly on Wednesday afternoon |
| RIVM provides access to the underlying data sets for various topics related to COVID-19. This includes data on reported cases of COVID-19, pathogen surveillance results, and sewage surveillance results. The data is publicly available to download. | |