Luxembourg's Ministry of Education, Children and Youth has published statistics on the evolution of the COVID-19 situation in schools across the Grand Duchy for the week of 17 to 23 May 2021.
The figures for students and teachers testing positive for COVID-19 relate to all public and private primary and secondary schools and competence centres in specialised psychopedagogy located across Luxembourg.
During the week of 17 to 23 May, there was a decrease (-60) in the number of positive cases compared to the previous week; the total number of cases fell from 242 to 182.
More specifically, during the week in question:
- 164 cases corresponding to scenario 1 were counted in 44 primary schools, 35 secondary schools (scenario 1: pupil or teacher infected outside the school without there having been a spread of the virus at school);
- Fifteen cases corresponding to scenario 2 were observed in three primary schools and eight secondary schools (scenario 2: two positive cases in a class with an uncertain source of infection or probably outside the class);
- Three cases corresponding to scenario 3 were identified in one secondary school (scenario 3: three to five positive cases in a class);
No scenario 4 appeared during the week of 17 to 23 May.
