The number of deaths in Luxembourg has risen to 5, though tests have not yet confirmed whether the latest deceased had been infected with coronavirus.

Prime minister Xavier Bettel said that 16 patients of the 484 confirmed cases were currently hospitalized, 3 of them in intensive care. A further 20 patients who were showing aggressive symptoms of the coronavirus were also in hospital awaiting test results.

Bettel also confirmed earlier reports that a provisional clinic facility was being built in the grounds of the Centre Hospitalier. The facility was being built with the assistance of the Nato Support and Procurement Agency in Capellen and material was being delivered via Cargolux freight flights.

“We have never had a situation like this in Luxembourg,” Bettel said. He called for people to show respect and tolerance. “You are all part of the solution,” the prime minister said. “But those who don’t stick to [restriction of movement] rules are part of the problem.”

One café and one other business had been given verbal warnings for not respecting regulations.