Category: Austrian News

Today, the curfew still ends at 10 p.m., from tomorrow, Thursday, it’s then: until midnight!The minimum distance will be halved to one meter, the occupancy rate for cultural institutions will be raised from 50 to 75 percent and the mask and distance requirement for gatherings of up to eight people will be lifted. Meetings are permitted inside with eight adults plus children, outside 16 adults plus children.Retailers and museums need 20 square feet of space per customer today, starting tomorrow, only 10.The mask obligation for events and meetings outside will…

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The countdown to the next opening steps or relaxations in Austria is on! On June 10, there will be further easing throughout the country. The reason for further relaxations is obvious: in recent weeks, the Corona situation in Austria has continued to improve, and the number of new infections has also remained at a low level for some time. For example, the value of 400 Corona cases in 24 hours has not been exceeded for several days; the last time this was the case was on June 2 with exactly…

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Yesterday, 279 new infections were reported, the third lowest figure since September. Only one additional death was registered. The trend of decreasing new infections continues today, with 243 new infections and seven additional deaths related to Covid-19 reported in Austria from yesterday to today. The number of new infections was thus below the average of the past seven days (310 new infections per day). The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population is thus below 25, at 24.4. Still relatively high, however, is the number of deaths from or with Covid 19…

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There have been 494 positive Corona self-tests in Viennese schools in the week from last Friday. With a record number of 2.6 million tests conducted (previous week: 2.5 million), this was 110 “hits” less than the previous week (604). That translates into a rate of 0.02 percent (previous week: also 0.02 percent). Meanwhile, not a single school is closed because of clustered Corona cases. About one-third of tests probably false-positivePupils again accounted for the majority of positive test results (435), and there were 59 among school staff. As in previous…

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Monday, 7 June 2021 – From yesterday to today, 279 new infections were reported in Austria – the third lowest figure since September. One additional death was registered within 24 hours. Compared to last Monday, exactly 50 more new infections were reported across Austria, bringing the seven-day incidence per 100,000 population back up slightly above a level of 25. Nevertheless, this is the third best value after the Monday of the previous week, where 229 positive tests were registered, and last Saturday with 271 new cases. The last time there…

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The seven-day incidence in Austria continues to move in the right direction, falling below the threshold of 25 at 24.9 on Sunday. This is according to figures released by the Interior and Health Ministries. However, an exorbitantly high figure of 362 new infections was reported on Sunday compared to previous days. That was well above last week’s average of 316 new infections per day, all the more remarkable for Sunday. Fewer tests on SaturdayThere was significantly less testing on Saturday than in previous days. There were 507,956 PCR and rapid…

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From Saturday to Sunday, 362 new infections with the coronavirus were reported in Austria. In addition, there were three deaths related to the virus. To date, there have been 646,800 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 10,639 people across Austria have died as a result of corona virus and 630,942 have recovered. Currently, 420 people are in hospital care due to the virus, including 140 in intensive care units. New infections in the provincesBurgenland: 0Carinthia: 14Lower Austria: 56Upper Austria: 65Salzburg: 11Styria: 42Tyrol: 44Vorarlberg: 33Vienna: 97 source: sozialministerium.at

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On Friday, 100,983 vaccinations were administered. According to the E-vaccination data, 3,850,933 people in Austria, or 43.3 percent of the population, have received at least partial vaccination. 1,734,733, or 19.5 percent of Austrians, are already fully immunized. The vaccination coverage rate remained highest in Burgenland, at 48.3 percent. In Lower Austria, 45.3 percent of the population has been vaccinated, and in Tyrol, 44.9 percent. In Salzburg, 44.5 percent were immunized, in Vorarlberg 43.9 percent, in Carinthia 43.7 percent, in Styria 42.6 percent and in Upper Austria 42.2 percent. Vienna remains…

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From Friday to Saturday, 271 new infections with the corona virus were reported. So far, there have been 646,438 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 10,636 people across Austria have died as a result of the coronavirus and 630,458 have recovered. Currently, 450 people are in hospital care due to the virus, 146 of whom are in intensive care units. Seven-day incidence at 25.1The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population for Corona infections continues to fall, and as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday was only 25.1, according to figures from…

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