Evening roundupTuesday's key coronavirus developments from Luxembourg and abroad

Starting with Luxembourg

• There were 61 new confirmed cases on Tuesday, with 10,994 tests completed in the past 24 hours.

• RTL’s Carine Lemmer analysed the daily figures published by the Ministry of Health to examine the evolution of the virus over the last three weeks - the number of infections has risen by 300 in the last 3 weeks.

• Mayors from eight municipalities met with Minister for Home Affairs Taina Bofferding and Syvicol representatives to discusses the impact of the crisis. Read a short summary here.

• Air travel dropped dramatically at Findel airport when the government imposed the lockdown restrictions. Night flights nevertheless remained stable - an overview of the airport numbers.

• Luxembourg’s tourism sector is running at 25% of its capacities compared to 2019. In other words, the number of tourists staying for in Luxembourg overnight has dropped 75% compared to last year.

• 16 testing stations across Luxembourg are currently open to ensure the government’s large-scale testing strategy. Have a look at the map here.

• Almost 50% of Luxembourgish respondents in a university survey said they experienced symptoms of depression, lack of sleep and concentration, and stress during the first two weeks of the lockdown.

• And lastly, representatives from the CSV and déi Lénk said they were pleased with the alterations to the new Covid laws text, but there was room for improvement.

Around the world

• At least 11,645,810 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 6,116,100 are now considered recovered.

• The United States is still “knee-deep” in its first wave of coronavirus infections and must act immediately to tackle the recent surge, the country’s top infectious diseases expert said Monday.

• More than five million residents of Melbourne will be locked down for six weeks after coronavirus cases surged in Australia’s second-biggest city, authorities announced Tuesday.

• Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Tuesday he had tested positive for the coronavirus but said he was feeling “perfectly well” and had only mild symptoms.

• Five more US air carriers including Delta Air Lines and United Airlines will take out loans under the CARES Act stimulus package, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday.

• Kenya on Tuesday declared that its school year was considered lost because of the coronavirus pandemic, and primary and secondary pupils would return to class next January.

• Reach, publisher of UK newspapers Daily Mirror and Daily Express, plans to axe about 550 jobs as the coronavirus forces readers online and slashes advertising revenues.