Category: Austrian News

In the past 24 hours, there were 2,340 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to Wednesday of the previous week (2,523), this is a decrease of 183 new infections. This also brings the 7-day incidence down to 162.01. With 90,333 new PCR tests within 24 hours, there is a new test record in Austria. The positive rate is 2.59 percent. From Tuesday to Wednesday, there are 2,353 new recoveries, bringing the number of active cases down slightly to 24,028. There are also 26 new deaths related to Corona infection. This…

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Mayor Michael Ludwig (SP) has just announced his lockdown decision for Vienna at Vienna City Hall. It ends on May 2. It’s fixed: after the return of students to face-to-face teaching this week, Vienna reopens with May 3 trade and body-related service providers, with entry tests. On the situation in the hospitals, the SP city leader said: “It has improved. The situation is easing, but is still to be taken seriously,” said Ludwig. Wide openings questionableIt is a matter of acting “very carefully and prudently,” he said. Ludwig wants to…

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There were also 28 corona virus-related deaths reported from Monday to Tuesday. There are 1,625 new coronavirus infections in Austria today (Tuesday). Compared to Tuesday of the previous week (2,026), there are 401 fewer infections, so the 7-day incidence is also decreasing. Because of the 2,760 new recoveries, the number of active cases has dropped to 24,067. In addition, 28 deaths related to the virus have been reported. This means that 10,126 people have died so far. There are also 65,085 new PCR tests as of today, Tuesday. This puts…

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There are 1,566 new Corona infections in Austria today (Monday). Compared to Monday of the previous week (2,117), this is a decrease of 551 cases. Due to the 2,062 new recoveries, the number of active cases also drops to 25,230. The last time we had so few active cases was March 11. In the past 24 hours, there have been 33,741 new PCR tests. This gives a positive rate of 4.64 percent. There have been a total of 8,151,042 PCR tests performed to date. In addition, there are eleven new…

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Starting today, Monday, students in Vienna and Lower Austria will also return to classes. Full operations are then scheduled to resume on May 17. It is not yet clear whether Vienna will extend the lockdown again. But one thing is certain: schools in the capital will reopen on Monday. Starting with the fifth grade, classes will be divided. One group will be in school on Monday and Tuesday and in distance learning for three days. The other group has face-to-face classes on Wednesday and Thursday. Elementary and special education students…

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There is a slight improvement to last Sunday’s numbers this Sunday. After 2,076 last week, there are 2,025 new Corona cases in the past 24 hours. The 7-day incidence remains nearly constant at 174.77. The number of active cases drops to 25,737 as there are also 2,471 new recoveries today. There are also 17 new deaths associated with Covid 19 infection. This brings the death toll since the beginning of the pandemic to 10,087. Currently, 1,786 people are receiving hospital care for the Corona virus. Of these, 522 are being…

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Two million people in Austria will have received at least the first partial vaccination against Corona today, Sunday. Next week, the first delivery of the additional or early Biontech/Pfizer vaccine doses is expected, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) spoke in an announcement of a “vaccination turbo”. Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) once again appealed to everyone to “get vaccinated.” “Vaccination is our most important ally against the coronavirus and the pandemic,” Mückstein stressed. The more people who get vaccinated, he said, the sooner the situation in intensive care units will ease…

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The coronavirus continues to spread in Austria, but the number of new infections has now leveled off considerably. There were 2,117 cases on Monday, 2,026 on Tuesday, 2,523 on Wednesday, 2,405 on Thursday and 2,329 on Friday yesterday. And even one day after the opening summit of the federal government, the numbers remain at a stable level. According to the dashboard of AGES and sozialministerium.at, there have again been a total of 2,131 new infections and 15 deaths across Austria in the last 24 hours. This is the situation in…

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The federal government announced on Friday (April 23) the planned opening steps for May. From May 19, restaurants and hotels will be allowed to reopen and cultural and sporting events can take place again. However, only under strict security concepts. However, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz continues to appeal to the population to continue to comply with the measures currently in force until that time and to be careful. These opening steps will apply from May 19The first opening steps are planned from May 19, the Austrian federal government announced on April…

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