On Wednesday morning, 1,281 people across Austria were hospitalized with a corona infection. That’s 47 more than the previous day, but 139 fewer than a week ago. In the intensive care units, 69 beds were occupied by infected people. That number went down by twelve beds in a week.
Overall, the Covid forecasting consortium continues to expect a decrease in hospital occupancy. 17 deaths and 5,930 new infections were added within 24 hours. The almost 6,000 positive test results mean around 1,000 more cases than the average of the past seven days (4,937). The seven-day incidence dropped to 383 cases per 100,000 population. Within the past 24 hours, 8,131 people were considered free of the virus.
Stagnation of the infection process
The Covid forecast consortium on behalf of the Ministry of Health is now gradually assuming that the infection process will “stagnate”. In addition, the immune protection acquired through vaccinations and infections in the population is continuously declining and, according to AGES, is currently just over 70 percent, after around 90 percent in April. As a result, “an acceleration of the infection dynamics is expected in the medium term,” warn the model computers from the Vienna University of Technology, MedUni Vienna and Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (GÖG).
The forecast for bed coverings assumes a further slight decline in normal and intensive care throughout Austria. Slight increases are also possible in individual federal states, according to the forecast published on Wednesday. At the end of the forecast period on August 31, an occupancy of 819 to 1,355 occupied beds is expected on the normal wards throughout Austria, with an average of 1,053 beds. In the intensive care units, the occupancy rate is likely to fall to 39 to 68 (mean 52) in the same period.
Source: Nachrichten
