While COVID-19 cases fall in some European countries, others fear a fourth wave of infections is underway.
Cases in the Netherlands have fallen by 44% compared to last week, according to the National Institute for Public Health.
In total, just over 21,000 people tested positive, while last week's number was up to 37,000. This follows the ramping up of restrictive health measures, just weeks after they were lifted.
“We believe the peak has been reached or will be reached very soon. We will see a decrease in the number of hospital admissions soon as well… We know that the number of hospital admissions always lags behind the trend we see in positive tests. This is in accordance with what we expected,” Susan van den Hof, from the Dutch Institute for Public Health.