More than 600 patients are being treated in intensive care for coronavirus for the first time since the end of May.

Thursday’s daily update from the public health agency RIVM showed there are 2,813 Covid-19 patients in hospital, 10.5% more than a week ago, of whom 605 are in intensive care.

The RIVM reported 23,142 more positive tests in the last 24 hours, the third highest figure on record, though it includes some cases from Wednesday that were reported late because of technical issues.

The number of cases in the last seven days is 2.7% lower than a week ago, while the proportion of positive tests has also dropped marginally in the last week from 22.3% to 20.5%.

The RIVM reported another 65 deaths on Thursday, against a weekly average of 52. A week ago the average number of deaths was 42. The actual figure is higher because regional health boards are not obliged to report coronavirus deaths immediately.