Evening roundupThursday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 803 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday. The death toll increased by six.

• The Ministry of Health published an overview of last week’s coronavirus situation. Furthermore, Minister of Education Claude Meisch sat down with actors in education after being criticised for his lack of transparency.

• STATEC’s quarterly travel survey has shown that day trips and overnight stays within Luxembourg by Luxembourg residents have increased by 267% between April and June of 2020.

• The coronavirus situation is said to be especially tense at the Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch where two floors are now reserved for Covid-19 patients. The government could soon trigger phase four of its plan for hospitals.

• On Thursday, MPs are discussing whether or not MPs in quarantine or isolation should be able to follow plenary sessions and submit their votes remotely.

Around the world

• On Wednesday, 8,832 new deaths and 551,429 new cases were recorded worldwide. A global overview.

• Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven went into self-isolation on Thursday and warned that the soaring coronavirus cases had created a “serious situation” again, as the country’s deaths passed 6,000.

• 84 coronavirus cases were reported to the Trier-Saarburg health department, a record daily high.

• India’s capital is reeling from the double impact of the coronavirus and severe air pollution, New Delhi’s chief minister warned Thursday, as the megacity reported a record jump in cases and its worst smog in a year.

• England’s 56 million people entered a second coronavirus lockdown on Thursday, with many downing a final round of drinks and in some cities scuffling with police as scepticism mounts about the government’s return to stringent curbs.

• Greece will re-enter a lockdown from Saturday for three weeks.

• Delaying cancer treatment by just a month can put patients at a sharply greater risk of dying, according to research published Wednesday, the latest to sound the alarm over the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on other health conditions.