Category: Austrian News

1,184 new infections counted the Ministry of the Interior just a week ago. Already on Saturday, the Corona numbers were dramatically high. Today, at the end of the second opening week after the lockdown, 1,838 new infections and 18 deaths were reported. A look at the previous Sunday shows a dramatic increase: on February 14, authorities recorded 1,184 Corona cases. Meanwhile, the impact of the store openings is also showing up in the statistics. In recent days, there have been above-average numbers of new infections: 1,877 on Saturday, 1,818 on…

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Austrian Presse Agentur (APA) reports that more than 500,000 Corona vaccinations have been carried out in Austria, and more than 200,000 people have already been fully immunized. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) announced this on Sunday. “Next week we expect the delivery of more than 180,000 additional vaccine doses, and in March more than one million,” the department head said. In the second quarter, the volume of deliveries will almost triple compared to the first, he added. Of doses delivered so far – including those already booked for next week…

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The number of confirmed Corona cases has increased significantly in the federal capital in the last 24 hours. The Vienna Regional Sanitary Directorate and the Medical Crisis Staff of the City of Vienna provide regular updates on the current number of cases and other key figures on the Covid 19 virus. As of Saturday, 88,592 positive tests have been confirmed in the federal capital since the pandemic began. The 492 positive tests reported today include nine subsequent reports from the past few days. As recently as yesterday, there were “only”…

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From Friday to Saturday, 1,877 new Corona infections were reported in Austria. That is 59 cases more than the day before. Because 1,629 new recovered people were reported at the same time, the number of actively ill people rose to 15,885 – the highest level in almost a month. Twenty new deaths were also reported, bringing the total so far to 8,368 people who have died with coronavirus and 419,283 who have recovered. There are currently 1,286 people in hospital care due to corona virus, 261 of whom are in…

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Since the beginning of the week (1,225), the numbers increased steadily until they reached a peak of 1,967 new cases on Thursday. On Friday, the numbers decreased slightly. In the last 24 hours, 1,818 new infections were reported. Authorities also recorded 36 deaths in one day. Among new cases Austria-wide within the past 24 hours, 472 positive tests come from Lower Austria out of more than 8,811 PCR tests in the past 24 hours. This is followed by Vienna with 359, Styria with 266 and Upper Austria with 237 new…

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Less than two weeks after the lockdown ended, there has been a massive increase in new infections. On Thursday, 1,967 new infections have become known. According to initial information, a total of 1,967 new infections and 22 deaths have been registered across Austria in the past 24 hours. On Wednesday, 1,735 Corona cases had been reported, and on Tuesday, 1,427. A look back at Thursdays in recent weeks shows a dramatic increase of nearly 20 percent. On Feb. 11, 1,577 new infections were recorded, and on Feb. 4, 1,518. There…

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Coronavirus new infections in Austria continue to rise. On Wednesday, the Interior and Health Ministries reported 1,735 new cases. On average, 1,473 people thus became infected with SARS-CoV-2 every day last week. In addition, 30 more deaths have been registered since Tuesday. Thus, 8,290 people across Austria have already died from or with Covid-19 since the pandemic began. More patients also require intensive medical care. The last time there were this many new infections in Austria was just under four weeks ago. 2,088 were reported on January 22, followed by…

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In the federal capital of Vienna, Corona vaccination of seniors over 80 years of age, the high-risk group, persons with disabilities and employees or workers in high-exposure areas (for example, Covid-19 laboratories) will begin today (Wednesday), the office of Health City Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) told APA. The injections are thereby mainly placed in two new Corona vaccination centers, which go into operation today. These are located at Gasgasse 7 -9 in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus and at Schrödingerplatz in Donaustadt. In the coming weeks – depending on the quantities of vaccine delivered…

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The number of new infections with SARS-CoV-2 in Austria continues to rise. Since Monday, 1427 new cases have been recorded. On average, 1435 new infected people were thus added every day last week. This is also reflected in the number of hospitalized patients: on Tuesday, 38 more patients had to be treated in hospital than on Monday. For the first time since the end of January, more than 10,000 new cases were recorded within seven days. The last time the weekly average was above this mark was on January 28,…

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