Category: Austrian News

In Austria, 1,696 new infections with the coronavirus were registered within 24 hours from Monday to Tuesday. This brings the current 7-day incidence to 160.89. In addition, nine new Covid-related deaths have been reported. Currently, 805 people are receiving hospital care for corona virus – an increase of 52 patients from Monday morning. Of these, 200 are being cared for in intensive care units, an increase of nine from the previous day. To date, there have been 713,269 positive test results in Austria. As of today (September 14, 2021, 9:30…

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21,253 active cases. In addition, one death related to Covid-19 was registered. In Austria, 1,543 new infections with coronavirus were registered within 24 hours from Sunday to Monday. This means that the 7-day incidence is currently 157.99. In addition, another death related to Covid has been reported. By far the most cases are currently registered in Vienna. Here, the 7-day incidence is already 216, well above the Austrian average. The fewest cases are officially in Carinthia (7-day incidence is 75.18). Currently, 753 people are in hospital treatment due to the…

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In Austria, 1,857 new infections with the coronavirus were reported on Sunday. That’s fewer than the numbers above the 2,000 mark in each of the past few days, but the 1,774 corona infections reported last Sunday were already the highest number on that day since April. Ten people have been hospitalized for corona infection in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 700 patients,184 of whom are intensive care patients. In intensive care beds, the increase since yesterday, Saturday, is thus six people. Two more deaths related to Covid…

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In Austria, 2,260 new coronavirus infections were registered in 24 hours, above the previous seven-day average of 1,863, and up 500 from a week ago Saturday. The seven-day incidence rose to 146 cases per 100,000 population. An additional five Covid-related deaths were reported, up from 47 during the week. The number of active cases, which passed the 20,000 mark yesterday, grew to 20,900. The number of intensive care patients decreased by five from yesterday to 178 people, according to figures from the Ministry of Interior and Health, and the increase…

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From Thursday to Friday, 2,341 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. The value is again significantly above the seven-day average (1,785). In addition, there are ten new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,832 so far. The number of active cases increases by 726 to 20,021. The seven-day incidence is 140.40. There are currently 668 people in Austria’s hospitals linked to Covid disease, up by four from the previous day. This means that the number of Covid 19 patients…

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The Corona traffic light is switched to “orange” for Austria. That means there is “high risk.” This emerges from the working document of the traffic light commission, which is adopted by circular resolution. In individual states, there is still talk of medium risk, i.e. yellow, namely in Carinthia, Lower Austria, Styria and Tyrol. Burgenland moved into the orange range for the first time. As far as the risk-adjusted 7-day incidence is concerned, Salzburg currently has the worst value at around 188. The system risk at the intensive care units is…

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The tightened CoV measures are based on the utilization of intensive care beds. Experts emphasize that vaccination can prevent serious illness. In intensive care units in Vienna, 95.3 percent are currently unvaccinated. Age of patients in intensive care units decreasesNot only in Vienna, where almost two thirds of the Covid 19 patients requiring intensive care are under 60 years of age and four are even younger than 30 (cut-off date: September 7), the average age of coronavirus patients requiring an intensive care bed is falling. This is shown by a…

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Vienna’s special approach to corona measures continues to create different rules in the federal capital. Here is an overview of which masks and tests are valid where and for whom. Vienna takes stricter course with Corona rulesAt the beginning of the summer, Vienna’s mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) once again – after already imposing a lockdown at Easter – adopted a more restrictive course in terms of covid prevention. This is possible because the federal states can tighten up their regulations. The measures are valid by decree until the end of…

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Yesterday, for the first time since the end of April, more than 2,000 new infections were reported within 24 hours – just on the day when the government presented its new plan to contain the pandemic. In the future, politicians will no longer be guided by infection figures, but will look at intensive care bed utilization. For the first time, Austria will now differentiate between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals when setting measures. details here Infection numbers continue to rise today: from yesterday, Wednesday, to today, Thursday, 2,356 new Corona infections…

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