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 5 to 11 July 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 in question, a total of 226 positive cases were observed in Luxembourg schools; this represents an increase of 37% compared to the previous week (165 cases).

More specifically, from 5 to 11 July:

- 164 cases corresponding to scenario 1 were counted in 46 primary schools and 35 secondary schools (scenario 1: pupil or teacher infected outside the school without there having been a spread of the virus at school);

- 36 cases corresponding to scenario 2 were observed in ten primary schools and eleven secondary schools (scenario 2: two positive cases in a class with an uncertain source of infection or probably outside the class;

- 26 cases corresponding to scenario 3 were identified in four primary school and eight secondary schools (scenario 3: three to five positive cases in a class);

-  No scenario 4 appeared during this period (scenario 4: a chain of infection within a school; several classes concerned or a class with more than five cases).