The risk is high in Vienna and Burgenland, which is why they are orange, Vorarlberg was the only federal state that was switched to yellow-green. Thus, there is little risk in the westernmost state. As of August 3, the load on the intensive care units was a Covid-specific occupancy rate of 3.8 percent, based on all reported adult intensive care beds in Austria.
The beds in the normal wards across Austria were 3.7 percent Covid-specific. The Commission referred to the forecast consortium, according to whose expectations the coating on the normal wards should decrease to 2.6 percent in the next two weeks and to 3.1 percent in the intensive care units.
The Corona Commission emphasized the “continued importance of corona vaccination to combat the pandemic and to protect hospitals from overburdening, especially against the background of declining immune protection in the population against severe courses”.
Covid-19 medicines are just as important to protect against severe disease progression, and in this context the commission recommended measures to increase the use of such medicines.
Source: Nachrichten
