However, 17 deaths were reported. The seven-day incidence was 1,029 cases per 100,000 population.
As of Thursday there were 141,744 active cases in Austria, 4,202 more than the day before. Within the past 24 hours, 8,278 were considered healthy again on Thursday. As of Friday morning, 2,538 people were in the hospital. 121 people were cared for in intensive care units. This number has fallen by four since yesterday, but has increased by 23 patients within a week.
5,254,246 people and thus 58.2 percent of Austrians are validly vaccinated according to the recommendation of the National Vaccination Committee (NIG). A total of 908,695 people have received a booster vaccination so far.
Highest incidence in Upper Austria
The federal state with the highest seven-day incidence is currently Upper Austria with 1190.9, followed by Carinthia, Tyrol and Salzburg (1118.6, 1094.9 and 1088.1 respectively). Lower Austria (1047.6), Burgenland (1038.3), Styria (1006.7), Vienna (873.1) and Vorarlberg (826.6) follow.
The effective number of reproductions fell slightly compared to the previous week (1.19) and at 1.04 (October 12) was still just above the critical one, as from the update from the experts from the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) and Graz University of Technology emerges. The R number refers to the previous 13 days of the epidemic. The R number tells how many more people an infected person infects.
Source: Nachrichten
