Evening roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments

In Luxembourg:

• Confirmed cases of coronavirus rose by 117 to 2,729, as the number of deaths remained at 31.

• Police are carrying out increased checks this weekend to ensure people are respecting the government's confinement measures, as nine new Grand-ducal regulations were passed.

• New paid leave measures for supporting vulnerable family members have been introduced.

• Residents of the Grand Duchy are being asked to dispose of protective gloves and masks properly, after reports of littering.

• Online commerce platform Letzshop.lu is dropping its membership fee to help struggling businesses.

• Panic buying has forced the 'Centbuttek' social stores in Bettembourg, Beggen and Petange to close, while a Facebook group in the Uelzechtdall area is organising a game of bingo to support local businesses.

In Saturday's international developments:

• Global coronavirus cases have passed a million and now stand at 1,141,190 with 60,690 deaths and 235,575 recoveries. You can find more detailed statistics here.

• The United States recommended that its entire population should wear masks in public - but President Donald Trump said he would not.

• The UK reported a 20% increase in daily deaths from the new disease, as the UAE officially asked to postpone Expo 2020 Dubai.

• China held a nationwide three-minute silence in memory of its virus victims, while five-star hotels are being used to house recovering patients in Spain.

• Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is under pressure for his handling of the crisis, as an Indian couple named their newborn twins Corona and Covid.

• The video app Zoom is experiencing a massive boom, but there are worries over data privacy during the lockdown.

That's all for today's evening roundup. You can find the rest of today's stories in our live ticker.

Guess who's back tonight? It's DJ Packo Gualandris, performing his third quarantine live set on the RTL Today Facebook page from 8pm.

And finally, did you know that several blockbusters have featured scenes set in Luxembourg? Find out more here.

Bis Muer!

- The RTL Today team.