The number of people having tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Luxembourg stands at 5,285 (up 163 from Wednesday), including 111 fatalities (unchanged) resulting from the virus, as of early evening on Thursday 16 July 2020.
Of those people having tested positive for coronavirus to date, 4,357 are residents and 928 are non-residents. The average age of those testing positive is 43, with the ratio of men to women being 52% / 48%, while the median age of the victims who lost their lives to the virus is 85 (average age: 84). The average daily increase (over a 7-day period) in cases has reached 80.86.
The number of people currently hospitalised with COVID-19 is 41, with five patients in intensive care. 981 individuals have been discharged from hospital (including certain short-term stays).
Since the beginning of the crisis, Luxembourg has carried out 314,956 tests including 257,005 on residents and 57,951 on non-residents; currently there are 899 people known to be infected while 4,275 have reportedly recovered from COVID-19. The effective reproductive number in Luxembourg is currently 1.15.
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 orange line showing the daily numbers averaged over the past week; the graph below shows the total figures (cumulative) over the same period.
