Evening roundupFriday's key coronavirus developments

In Luxembourg:

• Prime Minister Xavier Bettel announced that a fifth person has died of COVID-19 in the Grand Duchy.

• The government revised its number of confirmed cases to 484, after initially placing the figure at 618.

• Bettel also declared that the government has reserved 2,000 hotel rooms for cross-border workers during the crisis.

• The Red Cross launched an appeal for blood donations.

• All but 7 border crossings between Luxembourg and Germany have been closed.

• A temporary hospital is being erected next to the CHL, while all building sites in the country were closed until after Easter, and ArcelorMittal announced the gradual shuttering of its facilities.

In Friday's international developments:

• Global coronavirus figures stand at 265,495 confirmed cases, with 11,147 deaths and 87,363 recoveries. You can find more detailed statistics here.

• Deaths in Italy continued to soar, while France announced it had fined more than 4,000 people for failing to respect the lockdown.

• Belgium closed its borders to non-essential travellers.

• The US-Mexico border was also largely closed, while two Republican senators were accused of dumping stocks and the Governor of California ordered its residents to stay home.

• Sub-Saharan Africa reported its second death, as cases rose across the continent.

That's it for today's evening roundup.

Thanks for tuning in, and we'll leave you with this heart-warming story of a young man in Esch-sur-Alzette, who is delivering food to vulnerable people on his bike.

Stay safe and look after each other,

- The RTL Today team.