Evening roundupSaturday's key coronavirus developments

In Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 133 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of cases to 6,189, while deaths remain at 112.

• Police officers were forced to intervene in order to break up several parties around the country, while some establishments failed to close on time.

• Researchers spoke to RTL Radio to discuss the most recent developments in Luxembourg’s health crisis and agreed that large-scale testing was proving effective.

• A Luxembourg resident spoke of her struggle with significant chronic health consequences several months after she contracted the virus.

• Despite the ongoing health crisis, buses from Echternach to Ettelbruck are currently particularly crowded, allowing little room for physical distancing. An RTL journalist investigated.

• The police issued a statement to remind the public of the new measures, which entered into force on 25 July.

In international news

• A hospital in Texas may be forced to send patients “deemed too sick” home to die “by their loved ones,” doctors said.

• Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Saturday he has tested negative for the new coronavirus more than two weeks after being diagnosed on July 7, attributing his recovery to an unproven malaria drug.

• Vietnam has detected its first locally-transmitted case of coronavirus in nearly 100 days, authorities said Saturday, in a country whose swift and full lockdown won praise for controlling the spread of the disease.

• Former Barcelona football star Xavi Hernandez has tested positive for coronavirus, his Qatari club Al-Sadd said on Saturday, adding he would miss their league restart fixture against Al-Khor.

• Finally, the world has set a new record for the highest daily increase in coronavirus infections, as a survey released Saturday showed governments are fast losing support for their handling of the pandemic. There were more than 280,000 new cases recorded globally on both Thursday and Friday, the highest daily rises since the virus emerged in China late last year.