Netherlands Sees Biggest Daily Jump in Coronavirus Cases Since Early January: ANP

A cyclist drives down a street ahead of a curfew following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Jan. 23, 2021. Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

AMSTERDAM—Coronavirus cases in the Netherlands jumped by around 7,400 in the past 24 hours, marking the biggest increase since early January, Dutch Justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus told the national news agency ANP on Friday.

Infections were around 20 percent higher on Friday than a week earlier, while the number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals increased by 7 percent in the past week.