Saturday evening roundupSummary of key national and international coronavirus developments

Starting with Luxembourg:

• 57 new confirmed cases of coronavirus take the total number of infections in the Grand Duchy to 3,537. The death toll remains at 72, with no additional deaths reported on Saturday.

• Recycling centres to be operational from Monday, but travel to both recycling and green waste collection points should be limited and only carried out if essential.

• A new platform aiming to connect supply and demand for personal protective equipment, produced and supplied by Luxembourg companies, launched this weekend.

• And lastly, MPs have passed measures to support the economy, allowing the state to take out loans of up to 3 billion euros.

The most important updates from the international sphere:

• Current figures: 2,300,874 confirmed cases, 158,222 deaths, 3,690,482 recovered.

• US President Trump has largely left decisions on easing lockdowns to state officials even as he laid out guidelines for a staged reopening of the national economy.

• Germany‘s health minister said Friday that the virus was “under control” after 3,400 deaths, and the country is now beginning the delicate task of lifting some restrictions without triggering a secondary outbreak. Some shops will be allowed to reopen Monday, and some children will return to school within weeks.

• France’s Lorraine region has passed the 1,000 deaths mark.

• According to charity Care England, the number of people killed by the coronavirus in Britain‘s care homes could be as high as 7,500 - five times the official estimate.

• Dubai opened a 3,000-bed capacity field hospital on Saturday in its World Trade Centre to prepare for a potential surge in novel coronavirus cases.

• The death toll from the coronavirus in Spain, the country hit hardest by the pandemic after the United States and Italy, exceeded 20,000 on Saturday, the health ministry said.

• Deaths in Africa have now also passed 1,000.