Only recently, the researchers from Research Luxembourg confirmed that the country is indeed experiencing a second wave of infections. While figures had fortunately not as dramatically increased between 20 and 23 July as initially expected, the number of patients admitted into hospital is still on the rise and could potentially lead to bottlenecks in September. The reduced increase in new infections could be connected to more people going on holiday, contact tracing, or the large-scale testing efforts. However, the country is still experiencing days with over 100 new infections being detected. This in turn makes contact tracing more difficult and increases the number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals.
Currently, there is no reliable information available on how the situation is going to develop over the summer. Questions such as how many people will go on holiday, or are people behaving in a socially responsible way still need to be answered. This is why any projections should be taken with a grain of salt.
In general, researchers are observing that the second wave is not developing as rapidly as they first feared a few days ago. However, it is still taking place. There might still be a shortage of beds in intensive care units by the end of August or the beginning of September, if the number of new cases does not drop.
