On Monday 26 April 2021, Luxembourg's Ministry of Health reported 56 new COVID-19 (coronavirus) infections; there have been 791 fatalities (one new death since Sunday) resulting from the virus to date.
56 Luxembourg residents tested positive on Monday from a total of 409 tests carried out the day before, representing 8.94 people per 100,000 inhabitants. The positivity rate was 13.69%. Wednesday 18 November 2020 marked the record daily high of 891 new cases.
The average daily increase (over a 7-day period) is currently 159.14. The lowest (since the most recent wave started mid-October) was 113.00 on 19 January.
A total of 94 people are in hospital with the virus, including 37 patients in intensive care.
As per figures from Sunday 25 April 2021, there are currently 2,619 active infections known, whilst a total of 62,964 people have recovered from the virus to date. The effective reproductive rate in Luxembourg stands at 0.92.
As of Sunday, a total of 178,801 vaccinations had been carried out in Luxembourg (130,591 first doses, 48,210 second doses).
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).
