Situation growing worse in the Netherlands
In the week from 17 to 23 March, 46,005 people received a positive test result for COVID-19, an increase of 16% compared to the week before that. The reproduction number continued to rise, from 1.06 on 1 March to 1.11 on 8 March.
![Woman at COVID-19 testing site](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2021-03/Rijksoverheid_beeldbank_coronavirus_zorg%20%2812%20%287%29_0.jpg?h=0c2904f9&itok=5hqkNHV-)