14,389 new Corona infections reported Wednesday

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On Tuesday, 14,398 new coronavirus infections were reported in Austria. 1,393 Corona patients were treated in hospitals. Twenty-three deaths occurred in the past seven days.

Corona numbers and hospitalizations are rising massively again in Austria. On Wednesday, the Agency for Health and Food Safety reported 1,393 patients hospitalized with Covid-19, up 94 from Tuesday. New infections are also up massively, with 14,389 cases recorded in the past 24 hours, up by more than 6,000 from 8,264 a week ago.

14,389 new Corona infections were reported Wednesday
That was not only well above the previous seven-day average of 8,976 cases. It also represented a correspondingly sharp increase in the seven-day incidence per 100,000 population, which was 575.3 on Monday and now, two days later, stands at 696, just shy of 700.

The number of active corona cases increased by 9,716 new cases
The number of active instances of SARS-CoV-2 infection increased by 9,716 in one day to 83,155 cases. This means there have been 5,105,202 confirmed cases in Austria since the pandemic began. The number of recovered rose to over five million, exactly 5,001,313 patients. Within the past 24 hours, 4,671 patients were added who was reported as recovered.

Two people died from Corona disease on Tuesday.
Two people have died of or with Covid 19 disease since yesterday, compared to a seven-day average of 3.3 daily, with 23 deaths recorded in the past seven days. The Covid 19 pandemic has claimed 20,734 lives in Austria since the outbreak.

73 Corona patients treated in intensive care units
Seventy-three of the 1,393 hospitalized Covid patients were in intensive care units Wednesday, down two from the previous day. Within the past week, however, the number of Covid sufferers in ICUs increased by 16.

11,147 Corona vaccinations were given Tuesday
On Tuesday, 11,147 vaccinations were administered. Of those, 9,936 were booster vaccinations (4th, 5th, and each subsequenapa7t dose). Five million two hundred ninety-two thousand three hundred thirty-six people, or 58.6 percent of Austrians, have been validly vaccinated as recommended by the National Immunization Panel (NIG). A total of 671,743 people have received a booster vaccination to date.