Category: Austrian News

Upper Austria is the hotspot for hospital utilization with corona patients. From Saturday to Sunday, 10 people (total: 687) with the most severe corona disease progression were once again admitted to intensive care units in Austria – most of them in the most severely affected province of Upper Austria. The situation there is particularly dramatic, with intensive care beds already being used to almost 91 percent capacity. In comparison: Austria-wide this figure is 60 percent. With 88 per cent extent of utilization Tirol is in second place of the Lands…

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With regard to the mass tests for the coronavirus planned for December 5th in Austria, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) sees the uncertainty of antigen tests as “one of the central problems”. “Therefore, we will retest if the results are positive”, the Minister assured on the question of more meaningful PCR or lamp tests and a certain percentage of false positive antigen tests. As with the tests of up to 200,000 teachers on 5/6 December, the entire population should also be able to be tested on a weekend, Anschober said…

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On Saturday there were again numerous new corona infections. 6,611 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. From Friday to Saturday there were a total of 6,611 new corona infections throughout Austria. 104 people died in connection with the virus. The new infections by federal states: Burgenland: 194 Carinthia: 444 Lower Austria: 919 Upper Austria: 1,569 Salzburg: 612 Styria: 802 Tyrol: 686 Vorarlberg: 461 Vienna: 924 On Friday, health authorities reported 6,708 new infections and 108 corona deaths. hp with reports from sozialministerium.at

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The 7-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants was below 500 on Friday for the first time in two weeks. The daily updated overview of all corona figures for Austria. The daily number of new infections in Austria has stagnated for days at around 7,000 cases. For Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) this means the continuation of “stagnation at a dramatically high level”. From Thursday to Friday, the number of new infections was slightly lower – 6,668 cases were reported. This means that 76,644 are currently infected in Austria. For the second…

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Although the corona virus has put a damper on Christmas markets – at least for now – Vienna wants to spread at least a little pre-Christmas flair. That’s why Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) and Vienna’s head of the Economic Chamber Walter Ruck switched on the traditional Christmas lightsrecently at Stock-im-Eisen-Platz in the city center. 31 shopping streets will remain appropriately decorated until January. The costs for the lighting will be borne jointly by the city, the chamber and the businesses via the shopping street associations. “In these very challenging times,…

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Austria, 19 November 2020 – How many people are hospitalized, which districts are most affected? The daily updated overview of all relevant corona figures for Austria. Two days after the start of the second lockdown, almost 7,000 cases were again reported in Austria, and the number of new infections from Wednesday to Thursday was 6,995. The number of patients requiring hospital treatment with Covid-19 increased only slightly. 22 more patients than on Wednesday had to be treated. The intensive care units registered one more patient than the day before. According…

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Austrian Health Ministry and Interior Ministry report that more than 100 people have succumbed to the virus within 24 hours! Exactly 109 people died. Altogether there are now already 2054 human lives to mourn, who died from the consequences of a corona infection.According to the said ministries, the number of newly infected persons as of Thursday was 7091. In addition, the number of patients continued to rise: 4592 sick persons have to be treated as inpatients, 67 more than the day before. 682 corona patients in the intensive care unit.…

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Today, the Austrian government held initial, positive talks with the social partners, the medical association and the scientific community on corona mass tests and screenings. The federal government’s plan to carry out broad-based mass testing – following the Slovakian model – and targeted screenings has met with broad support. The free and voluntary tests are intended to accompany the planned relaxation steps after the second lockdown (e.g. opening of schools) and also to help reduce the incidence of infections in preparation for Christmas and the time after Christmas. This should…

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How many people are hospitalized, which districts are most affected? The daily updated overview of all relevant corona figures for Austria. In view of the almost 6,000 laboratory-confirmed new infections, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober yesterday spoke of a “stabilization at a dramatically high level”. Now the aim is to gradually reduce the numbers. Now: From Tuesday to Wednesday, over 7,000 cases are likely to be confirmed again. The figures are not yet official – for a complete overview, Vorarlberg has not yet registered. However, it is fixed: For the first…

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