AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands increased by 1,542 on Wednesday, the biggest daily jump on record, data from health authorities showed.

The jump followed a record increase of 1,379 on the previous day and took the total number of confirmed infections in the Netherlands to 86,320.

(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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