Category: Austrian News

From Monday to Tuesday, there are 2,411 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to Tuesday of the previous week, this is about 500 more new Corona cases. This also means that the 7-day incidence in Austria continues to rise. In addition, there are 25 new deaths related to Corona infection. In addition, 82 patients are newly under treatment in a normal ward. There are seven new patients in intensive care units in Austria. The figures from the federal statesLower Austria: 505Styria: 398Vienna: 374Upper Austria: 323Salzburg: 234Carinthia: 215Burgenland: 185Tyrol: 137Vorarlberg: 40…

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From Sunday to Monday, there are 1,910 new Corona infections in Austria. The Monday figure always tends to be slightly lower than the other infections during the week. So the current new infection numbers show a clear trend of where things are headed this week. Compared to the previous week (1,401 infections), today’s number is significantly higher, so the 7-day incidence is also up. Because there are also “only” 1,880 new recoveries, this means the number of active cases is also increasing. The figures from the federal statesVienna: 583Lower Austria:…

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For the second time this year, the Interior and Health Ministries have reported more than 2,000 new Corona infections on a Sunday: there were 2,199, after 2,123 new cases last Sunday. A total of 1,447 Covid 19 sufferers were treated in hospitals, including 314 in intensive care units, a decrease of four and eight, respectively, compared to Saturday, but there was a 12 percent increase week-over-week. Week-on-week, the increase in hospital patients is 156 compared to last Sunday, with 35 intensive care patients added. The number of deaths increased by…

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In the last 24 hours, more than 2,500 new infections were reported again. More than 500 new infections in ViennaThe number of new Corona infections in Vienna remains high, but declined on Saturday compared to the previous day: within 24 hours, 524 positive tests have been reported to the provincial sanitary directorate and the medical crisis team, this included 36 follow-up reports from previous days. On Friday, there had been 814 new cases, 217 of which were follow-up reports. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of confirmed SARS-CoV-2…

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The Chamber of Pharmacists reports that the supply of free antigen tests is stalling. Some new supplies will not be available until next week. “Due to delivery problems with the free living room tests, larger contingents of the tests will only arrive in pharmacies in the course of the coming week,” writes the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists in a press release. The reason is logistical delays on the world market and lengthy customs clearances. As a result, there are currently delays in subsequent deliveries of the tests to the 1,400…

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Once again, the number of new infections rises in the course of this week. From Thursday to Friday, 2,688 new Corona infections have been reported. Compared to the beginning of the week, this is more than 1,200 new infections per day during the day. Compared to last Friday, that’s also about 600 more new infections. This also brings the 7-day incidence to 173.62. In addition, there are 1,899 new recoveries. This also brings the number of active cases to 22,544. The last time there were this many active cases was…

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2,324 new infections were registered in Austria from Wednesday to Thursday, 2,688 from yesterday to today. This is a huge number, Austria’s Health Minister Rudolf Anschober commented on the development yesterday. Equally too high are the recent almost constant increases of over 2,000 infections daily, the health minister said. While a few weeks ago it was said that the rising number of infections was due to increased testing, this is no longer true. According to Anschober, we are dealing with an “actual increase” in the number of infections, which is…

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Not only the new infection numbers are “clearly on the rise”, also the high extent of utilization in the hospitals is “worrying”, health minister Rudolf Anschober showed up on Thursday in a press conference alarmed. In the previous week, hospitals saw a 10 percent increase in Corona patients, and intensive care bed utilization increased by as much as 20 percent. This is a situation “like last October,” Anschober explained. Three of the nine provinces – Lower Austria, Salzburg and Burgenland – are above 200 per 100,000 inhabitants in risk-adjusted 7-day…

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From Wednesday to Thursday, there are 2,324 new Corona infections in Austria. This is less in comparison than yesterday (Wednesday), but in a 7-day comparison almost the same as last Thursday. There are also 27 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. 21 new patients are on a normal ward in Austria’s hospitals. In return, eleven fewer patients in intensive care units. In addition, there are “only” 1,533 new recoveries this Thursday. This also means that the active cases increase to 21,792. The figures from the federal statesLower Austria: 522Vienna:…

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