Saturday: 19,043 new infections in Austria

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From Friday to Saturday, 19,043 new infections were registered in Austria. In addition, 52 fresh deaths related to the virus were reported.

The last time fewer than 20,000 new Corona infections were documented within 24 hours was 18 January 2022. Specifically, there were 16,685 before the number of people infected gradually increased.

Currently, there are 320,299 people actively infected with the coronavirus in Austria. The seven-day incidence has dropped to 1,948.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

To date, there have been 3,873,448 positive test results in Austria. Today, 15,957 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died, and 3,537,192 have recovered across Austria.

225 in intensive care units

Currently, 3,010 people infected with the Coronavirus are receiving hospital treatment. Of these, 225 are being cared for in intensive care units.

Fewer tests

Since yesterday, 1 April, new testing rules have been in force in Austria. Only five antigens and five PCR tests per person per month are available free of charge with this effective date. However, there are numerous exceptions.

This means that the number of registered tests has dropped again – but it had already dropped on the previous days. The results of 460,485 PCR and antigen rapid tests were documented in the past 24 hours, of which 441,312 were conclusive PCR tests. The positive rate of PCR tests was 4.3 percent. This 24-hour figure is below last week’s average of 6.2 percent.

New infections in the federal provinces

Burgenland: 622

Carinthia: 970

Lower Austria: 4,785

Upper Austria: 3,327

Salzburg: 945

Styria: 2,288

Tyrol: 912

Vorarlberg: 889

Vienna: 4,305