There have been three deaths since yesterday and 44 have been registered in the past seven days. The seven-day incidence is 311 cases per 100,000 population. As of Sunday there are 57,701 active cases in Austria, 63 fewer than the day before – a week ago 61,770 active cases were counted.Vienna. 901 infected people are reported from the hospitals, nine fewer than the day before. 47 victims are being cared for intensively. However, the declines only affect Vienna, all other federal states report the same capacity utilization on the weekends as on Friday.
There were 98 new infections in Burgenland, 260 in Carinthia and 758 in Lower Austria. Upper Austria reported 576 positive tests, Salzburg 166 and Styria 537. There were 169 new infections in Tyrol, 82 in Vorarlberg and 774 in Vienna. Of the 44,299 completed PCR tests across Austria Tests were 7.7 percent positive, this 24-hour figure is above last week’s average of 4.9.
Around 4,000 vaccinations were carried out on Saturday, of which more than three quarters (3,135) were booster vaccinations (4th, 5th and every further vaccination dose). A total of 558,348 people have received a booster vaccination so far. According to the recommendations of the doctors of the National Vaccination Committee (NIG), which were updated at the end of August, this is now recommended for all people aged twelve and over six months after the last vaccination. From the beginning of September, the number of vaccinations increased, especially for the boosters.
Source: Nachrichten
