Dutch coronavirus cases rise to 382, death toll to four

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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 61 to 382, health officials said on Tuesday, as a large cluster was identified at a southern Dutch hospital, Reuters reports.

The National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) said 61 people had tested positive for the new virus since Monday and one more person had died, taking the total number of deaths to four.

Out of the total of national infections, the RIVM said 157 were in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (R) gives Dutch Minister for Medical Care Bruno Bruins an elbow greeting in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus during the weekly Question Time in the Lower House in The Hague, The Netherlands on March 10, 2020. — AFP
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (R) gives Dutch Minister for Medical Care Bruno Bruins an elbow greeting in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus during the weekly Question Time in the Lower House in The Hague, The Netherlands on March 10, 2020. — AFP

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