Category: Austrian News

From Wednesday to Thursday, 6,361 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the past seven-day average of 6,400. Currently, 84,197 people in Austria are actively infected with the coronavirus. The seven-day incidence is 503.31. In the past 24 hours, 152,100 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 4.26 percent. There are also 17 new deaths associated with Covid-19 infection to report. The pandemic has thus claimed 18,117 lives in Austria. Currently, 1,382 people are being treated in hospital, which is 70 fewer than…

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From Tuesday to Wednesday, 8,239 new infections were registered in Austria. This is slightly above the average of the past seven days of 7,193 infections. The 7-day incidence is currently 566.08. Currently, 86,280 people are actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 204,091 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 4.04 percent. In addition, 24 new deaths have been reported. Thus, the pandemic has claimed 18,100 lives so far. The hospital is currently treating 1,452 patients—37 fewer than on Tuesday. Intensive care units continue to…

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Austria already cracked the nine-million mark in population in mid-March. “The population has grown faster than expected due to refugee migration from Ukraine,” Statistics Austria Director-General Tobias Thomas said Tuesday. “In the first quarter of 2022, the population has increased by around 48,000 people, just over 40,000 Ukrainian nationals.” On April 1, 2022, preliminary results from Statistics Austria indicate that 9,027,999 people lived in Austria, 48,105 (up 0.54 percent) more than at the beginning of the year (8,979,894). According to an evaluation of the registration date of primary residences, the…

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From Monday to Tuesday, 5,588 new infections were registered in Austria. Since the coronavirus pandemic in February 2020, there have been 4,114,558 confirmed cases of infection in Austria. Twenty-two new deaths were reported concerning the virus from yesterday to today. There are currently 88,477 active corona cases in the country. The seven-day incidence is 553.7 cases per 100,000 population. Burgenland with highest seven-day incidenceThe province with the highest seven-day incidence is Burgenland with 1,075.9, followed by Lower Austria, Vienna, and Vorarlberg (692.1, 676.1, and 476.1, respectively). Further, Upper Austria (471.9),…

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The Austrian Environmental Ministry takes over half of the costs for repairing broken appliances, for which you have to register on the web It’s a small measure that should have a significant impact – especially in the minds of citizens: repairing instead of buying new. The EU had already published the first circular economy package in 2015. Now money is available. What is funded? Funding is available for the repair and cost estimate for repair work on almost all electrical and electronic equipment commonly used in private households. Those with…

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Since January 3, fewer than 5,000 new coronavirus infections have been reported in Austria for the first time. From Sunday to Monday, 4,111 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the seven-day average of 7,075. Currently, 92,138 people in Austria are actively infected with the coronavirus. The seven-day incidence is 556.42. In the past 24 hours, 80,428 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 5.11 percent. There are also seven new deaths associated with Covid-19 infection to report. The pandemic has thus claimed…

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Austria – Five thousand eight hundred ten people tested positive yesterday. Different rules apply to them, depending on their symptoms—an overview. ▶Ten days of isolation have been provided since March 25 only for patients with severe disease (requiring oxygen). ▶ In the case of mild disease progression or infection without symptoms, five days of isolation are generally provided. If one has been without symptoms for at least 48 hours on the fifth day, transport restriction follows until the tenth day. Restrictions familiar from lockdowns apply (e.g., necessary errands, medical appointments,…

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6,536 new coronavirus infections have been reported in 24 hours at 9:30 a.m. Saturday (seven-day average: 7,606). There were 101,451 active cases in the country, down 5,236 from the previous day. The positive rate of PCR tests performed within this period was 6.3 percent. This figure is higher than the average for the previous week (an average of 4.2 percent of PCR tests positive). The seven-day incidence was 592.9 cases per 100,000 population. There have been 4,099,049 confirmed cases in Austria since the pandemic began. Recovered since the outbreak of…

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Nine hundred fifty-nine new deaths, including a follow-up report already announced. From Thursday to Friday, 8,155 new infections were registered in Austria. This is slightly above the average of 7,957 diseases over the past seven days. The 7-day incidence is currently 625.77. Currently, 106,687 people are actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 247,374 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 3.30 percent. In addition, 959 new deaths have been reported. This includes a large proportion of the previously announced subsequent notifications. Thus, the pandemic…

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