Category: Austrian News

The mood could be better. Shortly before the turn of the year, not only is celebration severely restricted by law, but exuberance also has no place in the minds of Austrians due to the pandemic. The Gallup Institute conducted an online survey of 1000 people on behalf of Wiener Städtische. According to the survey, 60 percent of respondents plan to celebrate the New Year as a couple or with their families. Only three percent plan to attend a party with more than ten people. With a quarter of the Austrians…

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From Sunday to Monday, 1,550 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the average of the past seven days of 2,096. It also brings the number of active cases down further to 28,825. In the past 24 hours, 167,020 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 0.66 percent. The seven-day incidence has dropped to 164. There are also 16 new deaths associated with Covid 19 infection to report. Thus, the pandemic has claimed 13,650 lives in Austria so far. There are currently 1,207…

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15,809 New Infections – November 19 marked the day with the most new infections in 24 hours since the pandemic began. Just one of many sad records in the past Corona year. Less than a week later, on November 24, it was also followed by the day with the highest 7-day incidence per 100,000 population. Just over a month ago, then, this stood at 1,111.97. For comparison. Now it is 167.5. Two records that one would probably expect to see this year, based on the high infection numbers, already existed…

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From Christmas Day to St. Stephen’s Day, 1,717 new infections were registered in Austria. Under 2,000 new cases have already been recorded once this week – on Monday, December 20. Although this is below the average of the past seven days with 2,130 cases, according to the figures of the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Health, the number of tests on the holidays also decreased. There were nearly 200,000 fewer tests than were reported as recently as Dec. 25. This brings the number of active cases down to 29,486,…

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The number of new Corona infections on Friday is below the 2,500 mark: 2,374 new infections occurred, according to a press release from the Interior Ministry. So far, there have been 1,260,751 positive test results in Austria. As of today (December 24, 9:30 a.m.), 13,617 people across Austria have died as a result of the Corona virus and 1,214,967 have recovered. Currently, 1,364 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the Corona virus. Of these, 418 are being cared for in intensive care units. New Corona infections by provinceBurgenland: 64Carinthia:…

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Due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, Austria begins to tighten its Corona measures. The curfew, currently set at 11 p.m., will be brought forward to 10 p.m. as of December 27, and restrictions will also come for events. On New Year’s Eve, the planned curfew exemption will be eliminated. The following is an overview of the rules around Christmas and New Year’s. Christmas and New Year’s EveStill upheld – until further notice – is the lockdown for the unvaccinated. The government had already announced exceptions for this…

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While Austria is arming itself with new tightenings against the widespread arrival of the more infectious Omicron variant, the Corona situation in the country remains manageable. In all districts, case numbers went down over the past two weeks. From Wednesday to Thursday, 2,147 new infections were registered in Austria. The newly reported cases are thus further below the average of the past seven days of 2,292. In addition, the number of active cases thus continues to fall to 33,470. In the past 24 hours, 279,487 new PCR tests were performed.…

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After Tuesday’s report of 1,907 new infections without those from Salzburg, today, Wednesday, all provinces are complete. In today’s notification, yesterday’s new infection figures from Salzburg have been corrected. For this reason, there are 2,781 new infections today, Wednesday. On Tuesday, the province of Salzburg transmitted incorrect case numbers, these have now been corrected. In the past 24 hours, 128 new infections were added in Salzburg, yesterday there had been 109. The most new infections since Tuesday were reported by Vienna with 687 cases, in Lower Austria 507, in Upper…

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In Austria, 365 coronavirus cases with the Omicron variant have already been confirmed, according to current data from the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES). While 49 cases were detected in calendar week 49 from December 6 to 12, there were already 278 detections in the past week, i.e. from December 12 to 19. This corresponds to an increase of 467 percent. The most cases of B.1.1.529 there are so far with 238 in Vienna. The federal capital, however, is the only one in which all positive PCR samples…

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