Category: Austrian News

From Wednesday to Thursday, 5,134 new infections were registered in Austria. This is above the average of 4,867 over the past seven days. Currently, 63,444 people in Austria are actively infected with the coronavirus. The seven-day incidence is 382.72. One hundred twenty thousand seventy-nine new PCR tests were performed in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 3.61 percent. There are also 12 new deaths associated with Covid-19 infection to report. The pandemic has thus claimed 18,291 lives in Austria. Currently, 818 people are being treated…

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Burgenland, Carinthia, and Tyrol are the only provinces still at high risk of coronavirus. According to the responsible commission available to APA, they are switched to orange on the traffic light today. All other states and the federal state are on yellow, i.e., on medium risk. Relativized are the other sinking infection numbers unchanged by the few tests. Relevant testing activity is only found in Vienna, where almost 42,000 tests were performed for every 100,000 inhabitants. Lower Austria follows nearly 17,000 tests, and Tyrol brings up the rear with less…

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The Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) experts expect temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius for the first time this year today, Wednesday. Where this mark will be reached could not yet be predicted because it will generally be hot in the low areas throughout Austria. “Where it will then become 30 degrees, we will see,” it said. However, the highest temperatures are expected around 4 p.m. The temperature mark of 30 degrees is reached earlier and earlier in Austria. Meanwhile, the first 30 is measured by an average of…

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Five thousand nine hundred ninety-one new Corona infections were added in Austria within 24 hours. That’s above the previous seven-day average of 4,955 positive tests but below the 6,760 from last Wednesday. According to the Interior and Health Ministries, eight more deaths mean 18,279 pandemic victims so far, but this still lacks subsequent reports announced in mid-April. There were still 872 infected people in the hospital, 53 fewer than the previous day. Among them are 78 intensive care patients (minus one). Burgenland added 283 registered infections, Carinthia 191, and Lower…

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There were 4,022 new Corona infections in Austria, it was announced Tuesday. This was almost below the 4,000 mark. There are more than a thousand new Corona cases in Vienna. Four thousand twenty-two new Corona infections have been reported in Austria within one day until Tuesday (as of May 10, 9:30 a.m.). That’s fewer than precisely a week ago, and the seven-day incidence per 100,000 population fell below 400 to 395. Covid deaths rose by 22 to 18,271, but the total still lacks follow-up reports announced in mid-April. In hospitals,…

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In the last 24 hours, there were 4,133 new infections with the coronavirus in Austria, with Vienna accounting for most of the cases. Four additional deaths were also reported on Monday. Today, Monday, 4,133 new corona infections were reported within 24 hours. That is slightly more than on Mondays in the past two weeks. However, the seven-day average declines, coming in at 5,239 cases today, down from 5,719 a week ago. There were further declines among Covid 19 patients in hospitals. A total of 941 infected people are still being…

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Vienna – In the past 24 hours, 3,617 new Corona infections have been registered in Austria. There have been 4,181,545 positive test results in Austria so far. Currently, 950 people infected with the Coronavirus are undergoing hospital treatment. Of these, 81 are being cared for in intensive care units. As of Saturday (May 8, 9:30 a.m.), 18,245 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died, and 4,095,510 have recovered across Austria. In the past 24 hours, three people died following the Corona infection. The breakdown of new infections by province is as…

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Austrian Health Minister Johannes Rauch does not envisage an early relaxation of the mask requirement. Thus, it remains in place in supermarkets and in “vital trade” until at least July 8. Domestic retailers are again calling for an end to mandatory masks in supermarkets and drugstores. Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) had most recently announced that the FFP2 mask obligation for employees in the “vital trade” would be maintained until July 8. This is “disproportionate, discriminatory and epidemiologically is not justifiable,” said Handelsverband Managing Director Rainer Will‘s statement on Thursday.…

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From Thursday to Friday, 6,001 new infections were registered in Austria. This is slightly above the average of 5,345 infections over the past seven days. The 7-day incidence is currently 420.35. Currently, 70,369 people are actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 274,676 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 2.18 percent. In addition, six new deaths have been reported. Thus, the pandemic has claimed 18,228 lives so far. Currently, 1,038 people are being treated in the hospital, by 39 less than on Thursday. Seventy-six…

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