Category: Austrian News

Five new deaths were linked to Covid 19 infection. From Saturday to Sunday, 4,363 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the average of 5,721 infections over the past seven days. The 7-day incidence is currently 449.91. Currently, 77,269 people are actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 78,990 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 5.52 percent. In addition, five new deaths have been reported. Thus, the pandemic has claimed 18,161 lives so far. source: sozialministerium.at

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Vienna is adapting its Corona test offer to “current needs” starting May 1. New adjustments are being made to the Vienna Test Rules. Everything you need to know.“Physical testing services in Vienna will be adapted to current needs as of May 1, 2022,” the city said Saturday. “Gargle boxes, COVID checkboxes, and test streets will still be available to all Viennese. Unchanged are all delivery and collection locations for ‘Alles Gurgelt’ and the previous test offer in the Viennese pharmacies,” the city government announced. Experts advise: Every household should now…

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From Friday to Saturday, 5,199 new infections were registered in Austria. This is slightly above the average of 5,928 diseases over the past seven days. The 7-day incidence is currently 466.17. Currently, 79,847 people are actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 150,570 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 3.45 percent. In addition, 18 new deaths have been reported. This brings the pandemic death toll to 18,156 so far. There has also been a decrease in hospital patients. There are currently 1,247 people in…

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From Thursday to Friday, 6,186 new infections were registered in Austria. This is slightly above the average of 6,119 diseases over the past seven days. The 7-day incidence is currently 481.19. Currently, 82,597 people are actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 239,519 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 2.58 percent. In addition, 21 new deaths have been reported. This brings the pandemic death toll to 18,138 so far. Under 100 intensive care patients for the first time The hospital is currently treating 1,353…

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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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