A week ago, that number was 4,271. The almost 5,000 new infections are above the average of 4,735 over the past seven days. The seven-day incidence reached 369.1 cases per 100,000 population. The day before it was still at 361.7.Vienna. The number of active cases is also increasing. There are currently 54,534 people with a SARS-CoV-2 infection in Austria. That is 1,813 more than on Thursday. The greatest increase in new infections was again in Vienna with 1,667 cases, followed by Lower Austria with 1,412, Upper Austria with 526, Styria with 361, Salzburg with 274, Tyrol with 248, Carinthia with 187, Burgenland with 180 and Vorarlberg with 86 new cases . The federal state with the highest seven-day incidence is currently Vienna with 598.2, followed by Lower Austria, Vorarlberg and Salzburg (428, 372.5 and 346.5 respectively). Then come Burgenland (333.3), Upper Austria (266.1), Tyrol (263.5), Styria (229) and Carinthia (175.7).
The positive rate of the PCR tests is currently 10.6 percent. This 24-hour value is also above last week’s average of six percent. In the past 24 hours, 61,150 rapid PCR and antigen tests have been registered. Of these, 46,485 were meaningful PCR tests.
523 infected people in hospital care
There was also an increase in hospital occupancy: There are currently 523 patients with a Covid 19 infection in the hospital. That’s 23 more than on the holiday. 36 people need intensive medical care. That number has increased by five since yesterday and has increased by one patient in a week.
There has been one death related to a corona infection since Thursday. 31 deaths have been registered in the past seven days. In total, the Covid 19 pandemic has claimed 18,721 lives in Austria since it broke out. The AGES dashboard, which still shows some numbers that differ from the current situation, reported 19,984 deaths on Monday.
62.9 percent have valid vaccinations
Only 587 vaccinations were carried out on Thursday. Of these, only 33 were first stitches, 56 were second stitches and 498 were third stitches. According to the data from the e-vaccination card, 76.1 percent of the population or 6.8 million people have received at least one vaccination. 5.6 million people and thus 62.9 percent of Austrians have valid vaccination protection.
The protection rate (valid vaccination certificate) is highest in Burgenland at 70.2 percent. In Lower Austria 66.1 percent of the population have a valid vaccination protection, in Styria 64 percent. After Vienna (61.6), Tyrol (60.7), Carinthia (59.7), Vorarlberg (59.3) and Salzburg (58.7), Upper Austria brings up the rear with 58.2 percent.
There have already been 4.3 million confirmed cases in Austria since the beginning of the pandemic. 4.2 million people have recovered since the outbreak of the epidemic.
Source: Nachrichten
