The Netherlands recorded a sharp increase in coronavirus deaths

On 27 March, in a daily briefing, the National Institute for Health and Environment of the Netherlands reported that 112 more people had died of coronavirus in the past 24 hours. This figure is the highest number of deaths in a single day since the outbreak of the virus began in the Netherlands on 27 February. The total number of deaths has risen to 546. During March 27, 1.172 new cases of COVID-19 virus infection were detected. The total number of officially reported infections to date is 8.603. The National Institute for Health and Environment stated that restrictive measures taken to combat the spread of the virus may already be beginning to affect. According to the experts of the Institute, in a few days it will be possible to draw conclusions about the measures taken. It is worth noting that the data given by the institute do not reflect the real picture of infections. The lack of test kits means that there are no widespread checks for possible infection. First of all, hospitalized patients and medical workers are checked.