This means that on average, 143 people got infected with the coronavirus on a daily basis. Last week, 18 further patients died after contracting the virus.
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The positivity rate in the Large Scale Testing has meanwhile continued to experience a slight decrease, now set at 0.37%. The week before, the tally was 0.43%.
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It now marks three weeks since the government decided to reopen both businesses and schools.
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However, it is difficult to assess whether that explains the renewed increase in infection numbers, since the faster spreading variant of the coronavirus has also begun infecting people in Luxembourg, and across Europe.
