Category: Austrian News

On Friday, the first widespread snowfall came to Austria. About 40 centimeters fell in the Tyrolean Oberland down to the A13. Those who set out on Thursday at 20 degrees in the east of Austria towards the west woke up Friday, to a thick blanket of snow. In the morning, there were first pictures from Lech am Arlberg (district Bludenz), where the folding rule showed 30 centimeters of fresh snow – “Heute” reported. Since then, the emergency vehicles of the winter road clearance service have been in constant use, and…

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According to the Corona Forecasting Consortium’s assessment released Thursday, there will continue to be a decline in the number of cases in most states and age groups – with signs of a slowdown. The situation is the same for hospitalizations in the regular and intensive care areas, although they are declining more slowly than the number of cases. In the normal-care sector, occupancy is expected to range from 1030 to 1685 beds nationwide at the end of the forecast period on Nov. 17, with a mean of 1317. The 33…

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On Tuesday, 4,179 new Corona infections were reported by AGES, bringing the seven-day incidence down to 388.1 and reducing active Corona cases by 2,490 to 53,333. No deaths were registered, but hospitalizations stagnated: 1,889 people were hospitalized with corona, four more than the previous day. One hundred people are cared for in intensive care units; this number increased by two from the last day but decreased by five within a week. Corona vaccination offer is expanded in Vienna.Due to the high demand, Vienna is expanding the deadline-free Corona vaccination offer…

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Two thousand seven hundred ninety-eight new Corona infections were recorded in Austria on Sunday. The Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) announced this on Monday. On Sunday, 2,798 new Corona infections were recorded in Austria, AGES reported Monday. The number of new cases was thus below the average of 5,295 recorded over the past seven days, and the number of active cases fell to 57,967, down by 5,264 from the previous day. As of Monday morning, 1,885 people were in the hospital, down by 97 from the number reported…

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At the beginning of the new week, the weather still presents itself from its friendly side – but this will be over by Thursday at the latest. The high-pressure “Zacharias” influence remains at the beginning of the new week. Very mild air will continue to be brought into the country. However, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the frontal systems of a low-pressure zone with a center over the North Sea will approach, gradually leading to more changeable and cooler weather from midweek. Monday begins away from the Alps again frequently, in…

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In Austria, 5,465 new infections were reported on Saturday, which is below the average of the past seven days (5,594) and caused active Corona cases to shrink by 4,680 to 68,709. The seven-day incidence also dropped to 433.8 per 100,000. In addition, there were five deaths related to the virus. As of Saturday morning, 1,991 people were in the hospital, down by 17 from the previous day. One hundred people were cared for in intensive care units; this number has increased by one since yesterday but has decreased by 28…

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On Friday, 4,853 new Corona infections were reported in Austria, lower than the past seven-day average of 5,886 positive tests. The seven-day incidence of Corona fell further to 456 cases per 100,000 population. There were 2,008 Corona-infected persons in the hospital on Friday morning, 88 fewer than the previous day. The number of covid intensive care patients remained the same at 99 critically ill. Meanwhile, 17 deaths were added to a total of 20,963 pandemic victims. The number of actively Corona-infected remained about the same as the previous day.In total,…

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Austria can look forward to mild weather and temperatures around 25 degrees. It will also be foggy, but the sun will quickly assert itself. The country remains under the influence of high pressure “Zacharias” on Friday, which will continue to provide calm, but partly foggy weather over the weekend. At the same time, as the high center shifts to southeastern Europe, the Alpine region enters an increasingly southwesterly high-altitude current. Thus it remains significantly too warm for the time of year. Today, Friday, the calm autumn weather continues, but fog…

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On Thursday, 4,342 new infections with the coronavirus were reported in Austria. According to the forecast, the number of hospital patients should continue declining. According to the AGES daily update, four thousand three hundred forty-two new coronavirus infections were recorded in Austria on National Day. The decline in infections and corona hospital patients.There were 2,096 infected people in hospitals on Thursday morning, 23 fewer than the previous day, and 99 affected people were cared for in intensive care units, seven fewer than on Wednesday and down 33 from the last…

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