The number of people having tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Luxembourg stands at 3,480 (up 36 from Thursday), including 72 fatalities (up 4 from Thursday) resulting from the virus, as of late afternoon on Friday 17 April 2020.
Of those people having tested positive for coronavirus to date, 2,858 are residents and 622 are non-residents. The average age of those testing positive is 46, with the ratio of men to women is 50.5% / 49.5%, while the median age of the victims (excluding one patient from the Grand Est) who lost their lives to the virus is 84.5. 178 people remain hospitalised at present in relation to COVID-19, including 29 patients (plus nine from the Grand Est) in intensive care. Nevertheless, 579 have been discharged from hospital.
Since the beginning of the crisis, Luxembourg has carried out a total of 32,394 tests (26,395 on residents, 5,999 on non-residents).
As a reminder, the COVID-19 national hotline is 8002-8080; the hotline for calls made outside Luxembourg is +352-497-719200.
The above graph shows the evolution of the spread of coronavirus in the Grand Duchy on a daily basis since 1 March 2020, with the graph below showing the total figures (cumulative) over the same period.
