Coronavirus daily cases in the Netherlands since February 2020

On May 16, 2022, the Netherlands registered 1,142 new positive cases of coronavirus. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands amounted to over eight million. To this day, the region of Utrecht has registered the most coronavirus cases with over 663 thousand.

The second wave of COVID-19 in the Netherlands

In the first wave, the daily number of confirmed cases in the Netherlands peaked in April 2020. Daily figures notably rose to 1,394 on April 10, 2020. From May to July, confirmed cases decreased. Since then, however, coronavirus cases have escalated greatly. COVID-19 cases reached a new peak on January 30, 2022 with over 96 thousand cases.

Age and gender disparities

According to confirmed figures only, infections, hospital admissions, and deaths varied in terms of age. In the Netherlands, a higher number of positive tests were found in younger age groups, whereas most hospital patients were aged 60 to 84 years old and most deaths occurred in people aged over 80 years old. From a gender perspective, the coronavirus infected more women than men in the country. However, hospitalizations and deaths were higher in the Dutch male population. In other words, Dutch figures seem to indicate that COVID-19 infected more women yet had more negative consequences for men. Nonetheless, these facts rely solely on confirmed cases that depend on national testing capacities and policies.