Category: Austrian News

In addition, three new deaths related to Covid-19 were registered. From Saturday to Sunday, 1,774 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also three new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,793 so far. The number of active cases increases by 527 to 17,714. The seven-day incidence is 123.01. There are currently 548 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, down six from the previous day. 155 patients are in intensive care – two more than the…

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From Thursday to Friday, 1,715 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also five new deaths related to Covid-19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,790 so far. The number of active cases increases by 450 to 17,187. The seven-day incidence is 118.97. There are currently 554 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, up eleven from the previous day. 153 patients are in intensive care – four more than the day before. In the past 24 hours, 98,137 PCR tests have…

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Of the nearly 10,000 CoV infections, 9,476 were exact in calendar week 34 (August 23-29), the proportion of cleared source of infection was 70.7 percent, again more than two-thirds, as in the previous five weeks. While travel-associated cases decreased to 30.2 percent (down 9.6) compared to the previous week, nearly half of new infections again occurred in households, with a 48.1 percent share. As the current epidemiological Covid-19 clarification of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) shows, this development occurred even more strongly in Vienna, where the majority…

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From Thursday to Friday, 1,753 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. The figure is above the average of the past seven days (1,457). There are also seven new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,785 so far. The number of active cases increases by 434 to 16,737. The seven-day incidence is 114.56. There are currently 543 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, up five from the previous day. 149 patients are in intensive care – seven more…

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Three new deaths were registered in connection with Covid-19. From Wednesday to Thursday, 1,510 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also three new deaths related to Covid-19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,778 so far. The number of active cases increases by 386 to 16,303. The seven-day incidence is 112.86. In the past 24 hours, 80,296 PCR tests have been performed, with a positive rate of 1.88 percent. There are currently 538 people in Austria’s hospitals linked to covid disease, down…

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A study from neighboring Switzerland is causing a stir. Researchers compared PCR and rapid tests – with devastating results. The research team from the University of Bern made a direct comparison of rapid antigen tests with PCR tests under real-life conditions. For this purpose, a total of 1,465 subjects were tested with both methods. Overall, the PCR test found 141 infected individuals (9.6 percent) among the sample, whereas the rapid antigen test detected only 95 infections (6.4 percent). Thus, only two out of three PCR-positive individuals were also detected by…

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Almost 16,000 active cases. New high since the end of April. More than 500 Covid patients are in Austria’s hospitals since yesterday, Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein announced on Monday a detailed plan for the fall – admittedly without yet revealing how exactly the case numbers are now to be contained again. Because the fourth wave, it is also in view of about 60 percent vaccination rate in Austria – in full swing. From Tuesday to Wednesday, 1,848 new cases were now registered. This is the highest value since the end…

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The fourth wave is picking up speed much earlier than the second wave last fall. This is also shown by a look at the statistics. Whereas exactly one year ago 272 new infections were reported within 24 hours, 1,229 new Corona infections were registered in Austria from Monday to Tuesday. This is below the average of the past seven days (1,386). While 10,782 deaths related to Covid 19 infection were reported yesterday, 10,772 deaths appear in today’s statistics. This is likely the result of a data cleanup. The number of…

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122 people are in intensive care units across Austria, up from just 30 at this time a year ago. The fourth wave is picking up steam much earlier than the second wave last fall, statistics show. Exactly one year ago, 181 new infections were reported within 24 hours; from Sunday to Monday, 1,120 new Corona infections were recorded. This may not yet be a cause for concern, but a glance at the number of occupied intensive care beds reveals that there are already about three times as many patients undergoing…

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