Category: Austrian News

From Wednesday to Thursday, 3,035 new infections were registered in Austria. This is above the average of 2,230 over the past seven days. Currently, 35,732 people in Austria are actively infected with the coronavirus. The seven-day incidence is 175.41. In the past 24 hours, 129,525 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 2.34 percent. In addition, there is one new death to report related to Covid-19 infection. The pandemic has thus claimed 18,659 lives in Austria. Currently, 464 people are being treated in hospitals, and…

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In Austria, there is only a low covid risk. At least, that is what the Corona traffic light suggests. This is because all the federal states will be switched to green-yellow on Thursday, as will the country. Only Lower Austria, Styria, and Vorarlberg had ended up in this color mix in the previous week. Now the remaining federal states also improved. Starting from risk number 25, one escaped the medium risk, and this mark is undercut meanwhile everywhere quite clearly. The best value has Styria with 11.8, and the worst…

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From Tuesday to Wednesday, 3,728 new infections were registered in Austria. This is above the 7-day average of 2,225 infections. The 7-day incidence is up slightly to 174.99. In the past 24 hours, 224,253 PCR tests were performed. The positive rate is 1.66 percent. Currently, there are 35,122 active Corona cases in Austria. In addition, there are six new deaths. Thus, 18,658 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died so far throughout Austria. New infections in the provincesVienna: 1,280Lower Austria: 844Upper Austria: 488Tyrol: 325Styria: 301Salzburg: 175Vorarlberg: 151Burgenland: 108Carinthia: 56 source: sozialministerium.at

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The requirement to wear masks on AUA flights ends as of June 1As of June 1, mandatory masks will end on Austria Airlines flights. Only on flights to countries where masks are mandatory will a mask still be mandatory during the flight. With the relaxation of corona rules in Austria, Austrian Airlines (AUA) will also end the mask requirement on its flights on June 1. Masks must still be worn on flights to countries where masks are mandatoryUnder the government’s measures decree, the obligation to wear an FFP2 mask or…

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One new death associated with Covid 19 infection has been reported. From Monday to Tuesday, 1,903 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the past seven-day average of 2,112. Currently, 34,594 people in Austria are actively infected with the coronavirus. The seven-day incidence is 166.08. In the past 24 hours, 49,442 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 3.85 percent. In addition, there is one new death to report related to Covid-19 infection. Thus, the pandemic has still claimed 18,652 lives in Austria.…

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From Sunday to Monday, 1,733 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the average of 2,151 over the past seven days. Currently, 35,937 people in Austria are actively infected with the coronavirus. The seven-day incidence is 169.16. In the past 24 hours, 40,955 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 4.23 percent. In addition, there are again no new deaths to report related to Covid-19 infection. This means that the pandemic has still claimed 18,651 lives in Austria. Currently, 483 people are being…

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Next week, the last regular mandatory PCR tests for the coronavirus will take place at schools for the time being. Mandatory masking at universities and schools remains in place About one month before the end of school, the PCR testing program, which has been running in various forms since the beginning of the school year, will thus come to an end. After Pentecost, antigen testing will only be used as needed when otherwise identified infections occur in a class. In Vienna, testing can continue on a limited voluntary basis. Last…

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Austria is getting a better grip on the coronavirus! Under 1,900 new infections reported in the last 24 hours. One thousand seven hundred fifty-three new Corona cases on Monday, 2,177 on Tuesday, 2,935 on Wednesday, 2,998 on Thursday, 1,572 on Friday, and 1,766 on Saturday – the number of new infections continues to be contained in Austria and has once again dropped significantly compared to the previous weeks. INFECTIONS NUMBER IN THE FEDERAL STATES Carinthia: 57 Lower Austria: 421 Upper Austria: 235 Salzburg: 127 Styria: 190 Tyrol: 105 Vorarlberg: 19…

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In Austria, 2,998 new coronavirus infections have been registered in 24 hours. This is above the previous seven-day average of 2,517 cases, but the seven-day incidence dropped slightly to 196 cases per 100,000 population. 13 deaths were added since the last day. There were 541 infected people in the hospital on holiday, eight fewer than on Wednesday. Forty-three affected people are still receiving intensive care, one fewer day and 15 fewer on the week. 228,722 PCR tests were reported within a day. Their positive rate was 1.3 percent. Since the…

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