Number of new corona infections on the rise again

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The number of new Corona infections and those actively infected is rising again. Authorities say 8,321 new infections were recorded from Friday to Saturday. That’s well above the average of 6,790 cases over the past seven days. The number of active cases increased by 3,835 people to 66,972 in one day. There has also been an increase in the number of patients hospitalized with Corona.

According to the latest figures released Friday, 1,034 people are hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2. This is 68 more than the previous day. The number of patients also increased in the intensive care unit. Currently, 61 people require intensive care treatment. This number increased by six from Thursday to Friday and has risen by eleven patients in one week.

There was one death on Friday. There have been 21 deaths in the past seven days. The Covid 19 pandemic has claimed 20,712 lives in Austria since the outbreak. The seven-day incidence across Austria is currently 526.5 cases per 100,000 population. Broken down by province, Upper Austria presently has the highest seven-day incidence at 676.2, followed by Tyrol, Salzburg, and Carinthia (573.9, 541.4, and 532.9, respectively). Next came Lower Austria (516.1), Styria (492), Vienna (451.8), Burgenland (448.5) and Vorarlberg (415.9).

On Friday, vaccination was again 10,331 stings were administered yesterday, of which 8,791 were booster vaccinations (4th, 5th, and every other vaccination dose). 5,298,111 people, or 58.7 percent of Austrians, have been validly vaccinated as recommended by the National Immunization Panel (NIG). A total of 650,881 people have received a booster vaccination to date. The protection rate is highest in Burgenland, with 66.1 percent. In Lower Austria, 61.9 percent of the population has basic immunization, and in Styria, 60.4 percent. After Tyrol (57.3), Vienna (56.8), Carinthia (55.7), Vorarlberg (55.7), and Salzburg (55), Upper Austria brings up the rear with 54.4 percent.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have already been 5,066,790 confirmed cases in Austria. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, 4,979,106 people have recovered.