On Wednesday 4 November 2020, Luxembourg's Ministry of Health reported 710 new COVID-19 (coronavirus) infections yesterday; there have been 171 fatalities (four more fatalities since Monday) resulting from the virus to date.
710 Luxembourg residents tested positive on Wednesday from a total of 10,835 tests carried out the day before, representing 113.40 per 100,000 inhabitants. Saturday 24 October marked the record high of daily cases with 862 new cases.
The average daily increase (over a 7-day period) in cases is now 669.43, slightly down from the record of 678.57 set yesterday, 3 November 2020.
225 people are in hospital with the virus, including 30 patients in intensive care. As of Wednesday 4 November 2020, there were 9,110 active infections known, whilst a total of 11,063 people have recovered from the virus.
The effective reproductive number in Luxembourg is currently 1.13.
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.
Since 24 August 2020, the Ministry of Health's published figures only include resident infection numbers, as opposed to earlier figures which included both residents and non-residents (i.e. cross-border workers).
