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Coronavirus worldwide: More than four million corona deaths worldwide, “covid emergency” during Tokyo Olympics.

July 8, 2021 admin

More than 185 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 4 million infected people have died. About 3.3 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. More than four million people have already died worldwide after being infected with the coronavirus since the pandemic began. That was revealed Wednesday evening (7/7) by data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Thus, the number of globally known corona deaths rose from three to four million within just under three months. Worldwide, there have been…

Number of corona deaths worldwide rises to more than four million

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 admin

In just under three months, the number of corona deaths known globally has risen from three to four million. That’s according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than four million people have already died worldwide after being infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus since the start of the corona pandemic. This was revealed on Wednesday evening by data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore. This brought the number of globally known corona deaths from three million to four million in just under three months. The data compiled by JHU…

Highest daily value since January in Great Britain

July 8, 2021 admin

With more than 32,500 new CoV cases in one day, the United Kingdom has recorded its highest daily level since January. The number of new infections, deaths and hospitalizations each rose by more than 40 percent last week compared with the previous week, according to data released yesterday. The reason is the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. 7-day incidence at 256.2Delta now accounts for nearly all CoV cases in the United Kingdom. The 7-day incidence, the number of new infections per 100,000 people in a week, rose to…

Cross-vaccination in Vienna now possible

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 admin

More than one million Viennese have received at least the first sting of the CoV vaccination. In Vienna, there is for example in the Austria Center since Tuesday the possibility to be cross-vaccinated. The mixed vaccination scheme is already in use at the Austria Center. People who got Astra Zeneca the first time will now be vaccinated with Biontech/Pfizer at the second vaccination appointment, if they so choose. “We started implementation yesterday. Anyone on site who wants a heterologous vaccine schedule – meaning a switch between two vaccines – will…

“Wiener Öffi-Jahreskarte” valid in 6 cities in summer

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 admin

Surprise on Wednesday for all Vienna annual ticket holders: their Öffi card is valid as a ticket in six cities this summer. Take the 1er Bim along the Ring past the Opera House, City Hall or Parliament, the bus line 25 to the Salzburg Water Games in Hellbrunn, the streetcar lines to Linz’s Hauptplatz, the streetcar line 7 for an ice cream in Graz’s Herrengasse, in Innsbruck the line J to the Patscherkofel or the line 10 to Klagenfurt’s lido to jump comfortably into Lake Wörthersee without parking problems. All…

WHO reported decrease in deaths

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 admin

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded the fewest reported deaths from coronavirus since early October 2020. In the week from June 28 to July 4, there were just under 54,000, seven percent fewer than the week before, WHO announced today in Geneva. At the same time, the number of reported infections worldwide rose slightly, to just over 2.6 million in that week. The increase was particularly strong in the WHO European region, which includes 53 countries from Portugal to Tajikistan: up 30 percent from the previous week. The particularly…

108 new corona infections in Austria

July 7, 2021 admin

From Tuesday to Wednesday, there were 108 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (59 cases), this is a slight increase of 49 cases. This slightly increases the 7-day incidence to 6.71. In addition, there is one new death associated with Covid 19 infection. The number of active cases increases slightly to 1,734 with 100 new recoveries. In the past 24 hours, 66,107 new PCR tests were performed, bringing the positive rate to 0.13 percent. The new infections in the provincesVienna: 53Upper Austria: 21Lower Austria: 20Burgenland: 7Tyrol:…

Where COVID 19 infections are rising again!

July 7, 2021 admin

Recent images from Europe are enticing: well-filled soccer stadiums, people on sandy beaches or at music events. Far away sometimes seem the difficult pandemic months. But it is not that simple. Due to the far-reaching relaxation during the vacation season and the more contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, the number of infections is gradually rising again in some places. Although this was expected and accepted by many experts, some of the figures nevertheless cause disbelief. The Seychelles are at the top of the table with the highest current seven-day…

Delta variant already dominant in Austria

July 7, 2021 admin

Vienna – So now it’s official what experts had predicted – and it happened even faster than thought: according to the new data from the Ages, the delta variant determines the covid infection incidence in Austria. Sequencing for the 25th calendar week (through June 27) shows that of the 421 samples examined so far in which the alpha, beta, gamma and delta variants were detected, the delta variant already accounted for 234. That is 55.6 percent. In 186 samples, the alpha mutation, which had been dominant for months, was detected.…