Nearly 7,000 new infections in Austria on Wednesday

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From Tuesday to Wednesday, 6,992 new infections were registered in Austria. The number is below the 7-day average of 5,696 infections. The 7-day incidence drops to 447.94.

This brings the number of active Corona cases down to 78,297. Sixty-six thousand two hundred seventy-three new PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 10.55 percent.

In addition, there are 16 new deaths. This means that 19,231 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died across Austria.

There are currently 1,420 patients receiving treatment in the hospital, 37 more than the previous day. In intensive care units, there are 81 patients, four more than on Tuesday.

New infections in the provinces
Vienna: 2,150
Lower Austria: 1,678
Upper Austria: 1,035
Styria: 804
Tyrol: 375
Salzburg: 324
Carinthia: 272
Burgenland: 218
Vorarlberg: 136