Category: Austrian News

Four cities have been on yellow for almost a week. This could change on Friday – concerns are growing due to new clusters. It will be exciting. On today’s Thursday, the commission that discusses the switching of the so-called Corona traffic lights meets again. On Friday the current traffic light switching including recommendations will be published. Green, yellow, orange, red – these are the possibilities. Currently, four cities in Austria are switched to yellow. The mayors of Vienna, Linz and Graz as well as Kufstein in Tyrol were the first…

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The eagerly awaited first day at school went surprisingly well. Almost all teachers and students were able to attend, there is a certain routine. Except for minor breakdowns (occasional queues without baby elephant distance, too many children coming at the same time, etc.) everything went smoothly. The facts: In Vienna, 15 suspected cases of corona among teachers and students have been reported so far, in Burgenland five. Lower Austria did not want to give away any numbers. All those affected contacted their school in advance and stayed at home. One…

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So far 29,561 people have fallen ill, 746 have died and 25,300 have recovered. 163 hospitalized, 29 of them intensively. 7 September 2020 – Vienna. After the number of new corona infections had fallen yesterday, they rose again today. On Sunday “only” 184 new cases were reported – on Monday there were 290 in only 24 hours. Thus, the numbers almost reach 300 again, as they did in the middle to end of last week. So far there have been 29,561 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 9.30…

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Monday, 7 September 2020 – There are currently 3,492 people actively infected with the coronavirus. This is according to the figures of the Ministry of Health (as of 23:00 yesterday). A total of 29,295 people have tested positive so far. 1,255,825 tests have been performed and reported. The number of hospital patients has decreased slightly. 143 people have to be treated in hospital, 28 of them in the intensive care unit. To date, 728 people have died as a result of the infection. – Source: sozialministerium.at, picture: stockilyapp.com

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By “Friday at the latest” – in the case of a yellow traffic light color – the obligation to wear masks is to be extended again to the entire retail and catering establishments. Starting with the Corona traffic light color yellow, customers will have to wear mouth and nose protection throughout the entire retail sector again in the future. According to the Corona traffic light website, however, this will “probably” only apply from September 11. Health Minister Anschober has also announced that this measure will be implemented with legally binding…

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Throughout Austria, 184 SARS-CoV-2 infections were reported on Sunday (as of 9.30 a.m.) in the past 24 hours. However, data from Salzburg were missing due to technical problems, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health announced. 64 new cases were reported in Vienna, 36 each in Upper and Lower Austria, 15 in Tyrol, twelve in Vorarlberg, eleven in Styria, eight in Burgenland and two in Carinthia. The number of deceased infected persons rose by one death to 736. Several hospital patients were discharged home at the weekend:…

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206 positive cases were recorded in Vienna alone. The 24-hour number of new infections with the coronavirus in Austria amounted to 358 cases on Saturday. This was almost exactly the same number as the day before, when 357 new cases were registered. According to the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health, a further 315 people were considered to have recovered by Saturday morning, while the number of deaths of Covid-19 patients remained the same at 735. The active cases thus rose to 3,524 affected persons. The number…

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Thursday – 3 September 2020 – A worrying increase in corona infections was recorded in the last 24 hours: 403 new infections in just one day – 203 in Vienna alone. Austria-wide. The number of new corona virus infections registered throughout Austria was 403 within the last 24 hours, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health on Thursday. In Vienna, 203 of the new cases, more than 50 percent of these were reported. In contrast, 351 people were reported to have recovered. Currently 161…

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