Category: Austrian News

After the slight relaxation at the beginning of the week, there were 5,802 new corona cases and 90 deaths from Tuesday to Wednesday. New infections are increasing again compared to Monday and Tuesday.One week after the start of the hard lockdown, the trend that was still visible at the beginning of the week is not continuing. From Tuesday to Wednesday there are 5,802 new positive corona tests in Austria. Again today an increase in positive test results was recorded in all nine German states. The numbers in detail: ➤ Burgenland:…

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In the past 24 hours, 4,377 new infections and a record number of deaths (119) were reported. So far, there have been 254,710 positive test results in Austria. As of today (November 24, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 2,577 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 182,620 have recovered. At present, 4,689 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus, and 704 of these patients are in intensive care units. The new infections since the last notification are divided among the provinces of Austria…

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The market approval of the first coronavirus vaccines is getting closer and could be granted this year. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) presented the vaccination strategy for Austria on Tuesday. The population is to be vaccinated in three phases in 2021. The first vaccinations are to be given as early as January. In any case, the vaccination will be voluntary, was emphasized. The goal is a vaccination rate of at least 50 percent. “The higher the vaccination rate in Austria becomes, the lower the risk should gradually become,” said Anschober.…

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The second week of the hard lockdown started today and the number of new infections is decreasing. From Sunday to Monday there are 3,145 new positive corona tests in Austria. Unfortunately there were 71 deaths. 175,527 people have recovered. Currently, 4,548 people are undergoing hospital treatment and 685 of them are in intensive care units.Currently, 4,548 people are undergoing hospital treatment and 685 of them are in intensive care units.As the Ministry of the Interior reports in its daily report, there have been 3,145 new infections with the coronavirus throughout…

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This week, experts will calculate how strongly the lockdown slows down new infections. The first week of the hard lockdown is almost over. Yesterday we had 5,226 new infections and 60 deaths in Austria. “A dramatically high figure for a Sunday,” says Health Minister Rudolf Anschober. The country trembles before the next few days: Will the lockdown bring us the numbers miracle? The goal: new infections must be reduced to 1,000 to a maximum of 2,000 new cases per day. The R-value (which indicates how many people a person infected…

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Within 24 hours, 5226 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported in Austria. As usual on a Sunday, these were significantly fewer than on the previous days. However, the number of deaths, with 60 others, was also well below the triple-digit figures for Friday and Saturday. The occupancy rate in the normal and intensive care units of the hospitals also fell slightly, according to the 9:30 a.m. data from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. According to these data, 4,458 Covid 19 patients were undergoing…

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Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) does not want to make any promises regarding possible loosening after the lockdown due to the second corona wave. “I assume that we will reach the goal”, he said on Sunday in the ORF “Pressestunde” with regard to the currently planned end of the measure. Kogler described the opening of the schools as particularly important. He said that the mass tests announced by the government should not be carried out in an uncoordinated and indiscriminate manner. “In these times, nothing is fixed,” Kogler said about…

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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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