Yesterday, 279 new infections were reported, the third lowest figure since September. Only one additional death was registered.
The trend of decreasing new infections continues today, with 243 new infections and seven additional deaths related to Covid-19 reported in Austria from yesterday to today. The number of new infections was thus below the average of the past seven days (310 new infections per day). The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population is thus below 25, at 24.4.
Still relatively high, however, is the number of deaths from or with Covid 19 disease. In the past 24 hours, seven deaths related to covid disease were registered, significantly more than the average of 4.6 in the past seven days. 32 people died of or with covid-19 in the past seven days, and there have been 10,647 corona deaths in Austria since the beginning of the pandemic. Per 100,000 inhabitants, there were thus statistically 119.6 deaths from or with Covid-19.
On Tuesday, 406 Corona patients were in domestic hospitals, ten fewer than on Monday. Of those, 131 were in an intensive care unit, a decrease of 15 from Monday.
A total of 637,710 PCR and rapid antigen tests were reported in the past 24 hours. Of those, 90,622 were meaningful PCR tests. Thus, 57,337,734 corona tests have been performed to date. The positive rate of PCR tests was 0.3 percent.
The new infections in the federal states
Burgenland: -1 (data adjustment)
Carinthia: 21
Lower Austria: 46
Upper Austria: 34
Salzburg: 15
Styria: 32
Tyrol: 54
Vorarlberg: 8
Vienna: 34
— source: spzialministerium.at
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