This is both above the average of the past seven days (2,587) and well above the value of last Saturday, when 1,766 new infections were detected. Four people have died as a result of Corona. The seven-day incidence was 201.6 cases per 100,000 population.
According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Health, there were 35,888 active cases in Austria on Saturday, 683 fewer than the day before. 3,300 people were considered healthy again within 24 hours.
There have been four deaths related to Corona since Friday, with a seven-day average of 2.6 per day. In total, the Covid 19 pandemic has claimed 18,669 lives in Austria since it broke out.
There were 467 people in the hospital, as many as were reported on Friday. 47 people continued to be cared for in intensive care units.
A total of 62,429 rapid PCR and antigen tests were registered in the past 24 hours. Of these, 57,101 were more meaningful PCR tests with a positive rate of 4.6 percent. This 24-hour value was above the average for the past week (an average of 2.2 percent of the PCR tests positive).
3,782 vaccinations were carried out on Friday. According to the data from the e-vaccination card, a total of 6,829,129 people have already received at least one vaccination. 5,815,799 people and thus 64.8 percent of Austrians have a valid vaccination.
The province with the highest seven-day incidence was again Vienna with 314.4, followed by Lower Austria, Salzburg and Vorarlberg (235.1, 195.7 and 190.7 respectively). Then come Burgenland (172), Upper Austria (156.8), Tyrol (151.1), Styria (119.1) and Carinthia (112.1).
Source: Nachrichten
