Category: Austrian News

With 1,552 new infections, Austria today, Thursday, again recorded a record high in new infections. However, as the AGES now predicts, the worst time is just around the corner: experts expect up to 3,000 to 4,000 new infections per day in December, when the flu season begins. This would also significantly increase the number of hospitalizations. Currently, 664 people are undergoing hospital treatment – an increase of 31% over the past 7 days (an increase of 11% in intensive care). However, the upcoming flu season also poses major problems for…

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In view of the increasing number of corona infections throughout Austria, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) addressed the federal states with a written appeal on Thursday. In several of them, he said, the figures had reached a “very worrying level”. Tighter measures were urgently needed there. “We are currently seeing a massive spread of the virus in some cities and countries in Europe, which makes it necessary to fight it with very drastic measures,” said the Chancellor in the text submitted to the APA: “It must be clear to everyone…

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In Austria there have been more Corona cases than ever before in just one day. The number in the morning was revised upwards once again. On Wednesday, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health again reported a sharp increase in new corona infections. According to the two ministries, there have been well over 1,000 newly registered cases in the last 24 hours. The Ministry of the Interior reported a total of 58,672 positive test results and 1,346 new cases in a mailing at 10.41 a.m. Most of…

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In Austria, a new peak was reported with 1,346 new SARS-CoV-2 infections within 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m.) on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior, the number of deaths related to Covid-19 increased by eleven to 872 in the same period. Of the 654 hospitalized, 43 more than on Tuesday, 112 required intensive care. The number of active cases also rose from 11,516 to 11,954. A weekly comparison shows an increase of 25 percent, the number of deaths during this period rose…

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Almost 10,000 people were in quarantine in Lower Austria on Tuesday because of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the clusters in the province continue to grow. Currently, 9,915 people were isolated, a spokesperson for Health Minister Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ) announced. In an integration workshop for disabled people in Ternitz (Neunkirchen district) nine cases were registered, according to the spokesperson. In a nursing and care center in Zistersdorf (Gänserndorf district), the number of infected persons rose by three to 23. In connection with the central warehouse of a grocery chain in St. Pölten,…

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The Vienna municipal elections on Sunday have been counted out. With the evaluation of 321,056 voting cards, the percentage of votes has changed significantly since Sunday. Almost 44 percent of the votes were cast by postal vote. The electoral authorities have now also announced the mandates achieved: The SPÖ is represented in the new municipal council with 46 mandates, the ÖVP with 22, the Greens with 16, NEOS and FPÖ with eight each. In the end, the FPÖ now only ranks behind NEOS. The final result of the election becomes…

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The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria is currently (as of 14.00 today) 14,106, according to the figures of the AGES dashboard, which replaced that of the Ministry of Health on Tuesday last week. This was accompanied by a leap in the number of those currently infected, as convalescents are registered more slowly in the new system. In addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the time of registration, but to the time of laboratory diagnosis, which may have taken place days before. This makes the curve of…

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The figures continue to rise: “Additional measures are now being discussed. The focus is primarily on targeted regional measures,” the Ministry of Health and the Chancellery said on Monday. However, Health Minister Anschober de facto ruled out an imminent 2nd lockdown. These are the measures that will be discussed in the future: Homeschooling: If districts in Austria were to go to red, the school traffic light would switch to orange and then offer e-learning for upper school students. Two weeks of autumn vacations are also being discussed.Curfew and bars: The…

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The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria is currently (as of 14.00 hrs today, 12 October 2020 ) 13,670 according to the figures of the AGES dashboard, which replaced the dashboard of the Ministry of Health on Tuesday last week. This was accompanied by a leap in the number of those currently infected, as around 2,000 convalescents had not yet been registered in the new system. In addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the time of registration, but to the date of laboratory diagnosis, which may have…

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