On Monday 15 March 2021, Luxembourg's Ministry of Health reported 49 new COVID-19 (coronavirus) infections; there have been 693 fatalities (four new deaths since Sunday) resulting from the virus to date.
49 Luxembourg residents tested positive on Monday from a total of 657 tests carried out the day before, representing 7.83 people per 100,000 inhabitants. The positivity rate was 7.46%. Wednesday 18 November 2020 marked the record daily high of 891 new cases.
The average daily increase (over a 7-day period) is currently 178.43. The lowest (since the most recent wave started mid-October) was 113.00 on 19 January.
A total of 120 people are in hospital with the virus, including 25 patients in intensive care.
As per figures from Sunday 14 March 2021, there are currently 2,752 active infections known, whilst a total of 54,481 people have recovered from the virus to date. The effective reproductive rate in Luxembourg stands at 1.03.
As of Sunday, a total of 59,048 vaccinations had been carried out in Luxembourg.
The above graph shows the evolution of the spread of coronavirus in the Grand Duchy on a daily basis since 1 March 2020 (excluding 9 December, for which figures remain unknown), 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).
