Category: Austrian News

Massive increase: Today, more than 6,000 new infections are reported in Austria, the highest value of the year. In Upper Austria alone, there are almost 1,900 new cases. The coronavirus continues to spread in Austria. Thus, more than 6,100 cases were again registered in the last 24 hours. The coronavirus continues to have Austria firmly in its grip! The number of new infections this week has increased significantly: 2,850 new cases were registered on Monday, 3,369 on Tuesday, 4,261 on Wednesday, 4,248 on Thursday and immediately 5,861 on yesterday, Friday.…

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The fourth wave continued to pick up speed during the fall vacations. In the past 24 hours, 5,861 new infections were added. More than 5,000 new cases per day had last occurred in the second wave in November 2020. In addition, 100 deaths were added in the past week alone. On Friday, significantly more Covid 19 patients also had to be treated in hospitals again. Almost exactly eleven months ago – on November 26, 2020 – more than 5,000 new infections had been reported by the Interior and Health Ministries,…

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A striking increase: 5861 new Corona infections have been registered in Austria in the past 24 hours (as of Friday, 9:30 a.m.). A week ago, there were 3582 new Corona cases. 17 more people infected with the corona virus died. The number of hospitalizations also continued to rise. The seven-day incidence is 314.33. There are also 17 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 11,333 so far. The number of active cases rises to 39,843. In the past 24 hours,…

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For the second day in a row, more than 4,000 new infections were reported Thursday. The Interior and Health departments recorded 4,248 new cases in the past 24 hours. This is well above the average for the previous seven days (3,670). The seven-day incidence was 287.6 cases per 100,000 population. Upper Austria led the way in infections with 1,269 cases, followed by Lower Austria (786), Styria (458), Vienna (424) and Tyrol (381). Salzburg reported 361 cases, Carinthia 325, Vorarlberg 134 and Burgenland 110. Source: sozialministerium.at

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In the past 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday), 4261 new Corona infections have been recorded in Austria. A week ago, there were 3727. Ten Corona infected people died. There was a huge increase again in the number of hospitalizations. 89 patients had to be newly admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of people needing hospital treatment for coronavirus infection to 1257. 250 patients now require intensive care – up by six from the previous day. Ten more people infected with the coronavirus…

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Vienna. A new corona regulation will apply from November. At the top of the changes presented in a new regulation on Monday is 3 G at work. But the rules for winter tourism will also be adapted, the same applies to Christmas markets, and there is also news for top athletes. Below is an overview. WorkStarting in November, almost all employees must be vaccinated, recovered or tested when they arrive at the place of work. The only exceptions are people who have contact with others for no more than 15…

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After around 3,500 new infections were registered daily in the previous week, the situation has eased only slightly. From Monday to Tuesday, 3,369 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. This is above the average of the past seven days of 3,508. The seven-day incidence is 275.88 There are also 18 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 11,279 so far. The number of active cases rises to 33,210. In the past 24 hours, 125,794 PCR tests have been performed,…

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Today, Tuesday, Austria celebrates its national holiday. Due to the corona pandemic, this year’s celebrations will again take place in a scaled-down form, but there will be plenty on offer online, from the performance show of the Austrian Armed Forces to a guided tour of parliament. The new Federal Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) and Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) will address the population for the first time in this constellation. While at Heldenplatz the Austrian Armed Forces will start their performance show with morning sports, which will be broadcasted on…

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On Monday evening, the Ministry of Health presented the ordinance that will implement “3-G” in the workplace practically across the board. However, it also contains a package of rules for leisure time, starting with the Advent market and ending with apres-ski. Apres-ski is for the time being only available vaccinated, recovered or with PCR tests, in various recreational facilities are also possible tests on the spot, in the cable car is in addition to the “3-G rule” a FFP2 mask obligation. Central to the regulation, however, is that starting in…

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