Category: Austrian News

In the past 24 hours, there have been 2,229 new infections with the corona virus in Austria. In addition, 27 deaths related to the coronavirus have been reported. To date, there have been 616,739 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 10,179 people across Austria have died as a result of coronavirus and 582,575 have recovered. Currently, 1,726 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the coronavirus, 496 of them in intensive care units. New infections distributed among the provincesBurgenland: 49 Carinthia: 127 Lower Austria: 281 Upper Austria: 414…

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Although the 2,340 new infections reported Wednesday are above the average of the past seven days (2,060), there was a significant decrease in hospital patients and a slight decrease in intensive care patients. Currently, 1,796 people (minus 101) were hospitalized, and 516 (minus 4) people were cared for in intensive care units. The latter number decreased by 41 patients within one week. The seven-day incidence on Wednesday was 162 per 100,000 population. 24,028 active cases were down 39 from Tuesday. Recovered since the outbreak of the epidemic 580,330 Austrians, within…

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In the past 24 hours, there were 2,340 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to Wednesday of the previous week (2,523), this is a decrease of 183 new infections. This also brings the 7-day incidence down to 162.01. With 90,333 new PCR tests within 24 hours, there is a new test record in Austria. The positive rate is 2.59 percent. From Tuesday to Wednesday, there are 2,353 new recoveries, bringing the number of active cases down slightly to 24,028. There are also 26 new deaths related to Corona infection. This…

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Mayor Michael Ludwig (SP) has just announced his lockdown decision for Vienna at Vienna City Hall. It ends on May 2. It’s fixed: after the return of students to face-to-face teaching this week, Vienna reopens with May 3 trade and body-related service providers, with entry tests. On the situation in the hospitals, the SP city leader said: “It has improved. The situation is easing, but is still to be taken seriously,” said Ludwig. Wide openings questionableIt is a matter of acting “very carefully and prudently,” he said. Ludwig wants to…

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There were also 28 corona virus-related deaths reported from Monday to Tuesday. There are 1,625 new coronavirus infections in Austria today (Tuesday). Compared to Tuesday of the previous week (2,026), there are 401 fewer infections, so the 7-day incidence is also decreasing. Because of the 2,760 new recoveries, the number of active cases has dropped to 24,067. In addition, 28 deaths related to the virus have been reported. This means that 10,126 people have died so far. There are also 65,085 new PCR tests as of today, Tuesday. This puts…

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There are 1,566 new Corona infections in Austria today (Monday). Compared to Monday of the previous week (2,117), this is a decrease of 551 cases. Due to the 2,062 new recoveries, the number of active cases also drops to 25,230. The last time we had so few active cases was March 11. In the past 24 hours, there have been 33,741 new PCR tests. This gives a positive rate of 4.64 percent. There have been a total of 8,151,042 PCR tests performed to date. In addition, there are eleven new…

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Starting today, Monday, students in Vienna and Lower Austria will also return to classes. Full operations are then scheduled to resume on May 17. It is not yet clear whether Vienna will extend the lockdown again. But one thing is certain: schools in the capital will reopen on Monday. Starting with the fifth grade, classes will be divided. One group will be in school on Monday and Tuesday and in distance learning for three days. The other group has face-to-face classes on Wednesday and Thursday. Elementary and special education students…

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There is a slight improvement to last Sunday’s numbers this Sunday. After 2,076 last week, there are 2,025 new Corona cases in the past 24 hours. The 7-day incidence remains nearly constant at 174.77. The number of active cases drops to 25,737 as there are also 2,471 new recoveries today. There are also 17 new deaths associated with Covid 19 infection. This brings the death toll since the beginning of the pandemic to 10,087. Currently, 1,786 people are receiving hospital care for the Corona virus. Of these, 522 are being…

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Two million people in Austria will have received at least the first partial vaccination against Corona today, Sunday. Next week, the first delivery of the additional or early Biontech/Pfizer vaccine doses is expected, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) spoke in an announcement of a “vaccination turbo”. Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) once again appealed to everyone to “get vaccinated.” “Vaccination is our most important ally against the coronavirus and the pandemic,” Mückstein stressed. The more people who get vaccinated, he said, the sooner the situation in intensive care units will ease…

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