Category: Austrian News

Last year, despite the pandemic, Vienna saw an increase in population due to both births and immigration. Currently, 1.92 million people live in the federal capital, and the two million mark is expected to be cracked in 2027. Vienna grew in the previous year despite the Corona pandemic, but at a somewhat slower rate than in previous years. In total, around 10,000 inhabitants were added. Births and immigration fell slightly, deaths rose. With 1.92 million people, Vienna is the fifth-largest city in the EU and is expected to exceed the…

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Shortly before the announcement of the lockdown decision of the federal government, authorities report 1,500 new infections and 51 deaths. October 2, 2020. This date is now increasingly coming to the attention of citizens and the government. Why? That day was the last time the number of new Corona infections was below 700 new cases, the mark the government said was a condition for ending the current lockdown. Since then, Austria has been posting four-digit Corona readings daily, recently settling at around 1,500 to 1,600 despite a hard lockdown. The…

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To date, there have been 410,230 positive test results in Austria. As of today (January 28, 2021, 09:30 a.m.), 7,607 people across Austria have died as a result of Corona virus and 387,787 have recovered. Currently, 1,791 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the Corona virus, and 298 of the ill are in intensive care units. New infections since the last report are divided among the provinces as follows: Burgenland: 31 Carinthia: 83 Lower Austria: 273 Upper Austria: 223 Salzburg: 127 Styria: 169 Tyrol: 172 Vorarlberg: 59 Vienna: 312…

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158,985 patients have received one or, in some cases, both partial coronavirus vaccinations to date, according to an entry in the e-vaccination passport. This is according to data from the electronic vaccination passport, which the Ministry of Health published for the first time today on its website. According to the data, 5,126 of those vaccinated have already received both partial vaccinations. 153,859 have therefore received the first partial vaccination, according to the entry in the e-vaccination passport. It was reported that the infrastructure for nationwide registration in the electronic vaccination…

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As of Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 1,671 new Corona infections have been reported in Austria. 38 people died from or with the virus in the last 24 hours. In the provincial comparison of new corona infections, Lower Austria pulls ahead again somewhat with 393 new infections. Upper Austria is also scratching the 300 mark with 290 new infections, while Vienna is in third place with 264 new infected persons. Corona infections by federal stateThe new infections since the last report are divided among the federal states of Austria as follows:…

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Despite strict lockdowns, the number of new infections in Austria doesn’t really want to go down. Since Monday, 1,417 more SARS COV-2 infections have been registered in Austria, according to figures from the Interior and Health Ministries (as of 9:30 a.m. Tuesday). This was slightly below the average of 1,531 new infections per day over the past seven days. Compared to Monday, 64 people were added who died from or with the coronavirus. This brings the number of deaths related to Covid 19 disease to 7,515 since the pandemic began.…

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The decision on a possible extension of the lockdown or any relaxations will not be made until next week. This was announced by the opposition after the conclusion of the video conference with the government and experts on Monday evening. Another meeting was agreed for next week. How things will proceed from February 8 has not yet been discussed in detail, said virologist Dorothee von Laer, who was invited to the ORF program “ZiB2” after the round of talks. In the television studio, von Laer was unwilling to commit herself…

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In an interview with “Puls 24,” Health Minister Rudolf Anschober has already revealed how far the number of new infections in Austria must fall before opening steps can be taken. In the interview with the TV station, Anschober explained that an end to the lockdown will come at 700 to 800 new infections per day and a 7-day incidence well below 100. “The reproduction factor should be below 0.9 in this case,” the health minister tells “Pulse 24.” Anschober sees the new Corona measures, such as mandatory FFP-2 masks in…

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To date, there have been 405,723 positive test results in Austria. As of today (January 25, 2021, 09:30), 7,451 people have died from coronavirus across Austria (+33 compared to the previous day) and 383,200 have recovered. Currently, 1,846 people are in hospital care due to the coronavirus (+ 29) and of these, 320 of the ill are in intensive care units (no change from the previous day). The new infections are divided among the provinces as follows: Burgenland: 44Carinthia: 85Lower Austria: 211Upper Austria: 140Salzburg: 72Styria: 110Tyrol: 104Vorarlberg: 61Vienna: 182 sources:…

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