Category: Austrian News

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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From Thursday to Friday, there were 333 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared with the previous week (541), this is a significant decrease of 208 cases. The seven-day incidence dropped below 30 and was 27.6 cases per 100,000 population on Friday. Declines continued in the number of Covid 19 patients seen in hospitals. For the first time since August, Burgenland also reported no new infections. There are also four new deaths related to Covid-19 infection. Meanwhile, more than half a million vaccinations were administered for the first time last week.…

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Excellent news from the east of Austria. In Burgenland on Friday, for the first time since August 2020, no new infections with the coronavirus have been reported. Also, no deaths were recorded. The number of active cases continued to decline. It decreased by three people who recovered to 82, the Coronavirus Coordination Staff announced. The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population was 14.9. For the first time in nine months, the number of total confirmed coronavirus cases in Burgenland did not increase. It remained at 18,306 people infected since the outbreak…

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From Wednesday to Thursday, there were 282 new infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (585), that’s a drop of 302 cases. This also brings the 7-day incidence down to 29.95. There were also 457 new recovered cases, so the number of active cases also decreased to 4,476. In addition, there are six deaths related to Covid-19. 381 people are hospitalized due to illness, 128 of whom are in intensive care units. The new infections in the provincesLower Austria: 60Tyrol: 59Vienna: 44Upper Austria: 43Styria: 43Vorarlberg: 31Carinthia: 16Burgenland: 5Salzburg: -19…

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