Luxembourg's Ministry of Health has reported 51 new COVID-19 (coronavirus) infections from 5,922 tests carried out on Wednesday; the published figures only include resident infection numbers, which have reached a total of 6,543 as of early evening on Thursday 27 August 2020.
There have been 124 fatalities (no change since Wednesday) resulting from the virus to date.
The average daily increase (over a 7-day period) in cases is now 45.57.
The number of people currently hospitalised with COVID-19 is 27, with two patients in intensive care. The effective reproductive number in Luxembourg is currently 1.08.
Neither the number of currently active infections nor the total number of people having recovered from the virus to date is available at present.
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.
