Despite a new weekly decrease in the number of infections (-27%), the news is not necessarily good in the south of the country. While the overall figure of new cases is decreasing, it seems that the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette is the part of the country where the virus is circulating the most.
According to the figures provided by the Ministry of Health, between 26 July and 15 August, only nine new cases were recorded in the canton of Vianden, whereas in the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette, the figure was 414.
By way of comparison, over the same period, the canton of Luxembourg City recorded 183 cases. It is therefore in the south of the country that the coronavirus and its variants are circulating the most.
Meanwhile, the number of cases per week between 9 August and 15 August dropped from 404 to 295 and the number of traced back contacts also fell sharply (-40%).
This observation must obviously be put into perspective since the number of PCR tests carried out has also decreased: from 36,025 to 29,243. Six people declared a positive result from a self-test.
Of those tested positive, 75.9% were unvaccinated, i.e. 224 of 295 infected.
Most infections occurred among family members (28.4%), followed by trips abroad (21.8%), and recreational activities (7.9%). In 33.7% of cases, it is not known where the individuals in question were infected.
As for active infections, there was a drop between 9 and 15 August from 738 to 632 . The number of quarantines and isolations also went down (-15 and -13%).
A total of 73,230 people are now considered “cured”, after recovering from an infection. The average age of those that contract the disease has slightly increased from 31.7 to 32.9. The positivity rate has dropped from 0.97 to 0.80%.
The seven-day incidence rate is currently at 46 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. If this rate is over 50, a region might be classified as a “risk area” by the German Robert Koch Institute.
Good news does not overshadow the bad news, however, as Luxembourg reported three new deaths last week. This is one more than the previous week. Fortunately, the occupancy rate of intensive care beds remained stable (six). Overall, 14 new admissions to hospital due to Covid-19 were registered last week, compared to 16 the week before. On average, Covid-19 patients are currently between 52 and 60 years old.
66.7% of people in standard care and 83.3% of people in intensive care are unvaccinated.
Speaking of vaccination, 13,578 first doses, 10,410 second doses, and 80 third doses were administered between 9 and 15 August. This brought the number of fully-vaccinated people to 381,296 by the end of last week.
