Luxembourg's Ministry of Health has reported 43 new COVID-19 (coronavirus) infections from 8,536 tests carried out on Tuesday; since 24 August, the published figures now only include resident infection numbers, which have reached a total of 6,745 as of early evening on Wednesday 2 September 2020.
There have been 124 fatalities (no change since Tuesday) resulting from the virus to date.
The average daily increase (over a 7-day period) in cases is now 36.00.
The number of people currently hospitalised with COVID-19 is sixteen, with one patient in intensive care. There are currently 606 active infections known, whilst a total of 6,015 people have recovered from the virus.
The effective reproductive number in Luxembourg is currently 1.02.
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.
