This is above the average of the past seven days (4,639). The seven-day incidence was 361.7 cases per 100,000 population. There were officially five deaths in connection with the disease within 24 hours (seven-day average: daily 4.7). Vienna. There were 500 people in the hospital on the holiday, eleven fewer than were reported yesterday. 31 people were cared for in intensive care units. That number dropped by three since yesterday and is down by eight patients in a week. 33 deaths have been registered in the past seven days. In total, the Covid 19 pandemic has claimed 18,720 lives in Austria since it broke out.
As of Thursday, there are 52,721 active cases in Austria, 3,613 more than the day before. Since the beginning of the pandemic there have been 4,312,525 confirmed cases in Austria. 4,241,084 people have recovered since the outbreak of the epidemic, and 3,475 were considered healthy again within the past 24 hours.
In the past 24 hours, 89,200 rapid PCR and antigen tests have been registered. Of these, 72,398 were meaningful PCR tests with a positive rate of 9.8 percent. This 24-hour value is above the average for the past week (an average of 5.5 percent of the PCR tests positive).
The federal state with the highest seven-day incidence is currently Vienna with 583.1, followed by Vorarlberg, Lower Austria and Salzburg (408.4, 399.2 and 345.1 respectively). Then come Burgenland (316.8), Upper Austria (263.5), Tyrol (262.9), Styria (232.2) and Carinthia (180.3).
Source: Nachrichten
