The Corona autumn wave continues to subside in Austria. 5,950 new infections were registered in Austria on Monday. This is below the average of the past seven days with 7,826 new cases. A week ago, the number of new infections was 8,970 new cases. The seven-day incidence fell from 644.9 to 606.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants within 24 hours. The number of hospital patients also fell.
As of Tuesday morning, 2,108 people with SARS-CoV-2 are in the hospital. That is 46 fewer patients than the day before. 105 people had to be treated in intensive care. That number has dropped by 14 since yesterday and is down by 15 patients in a week. The number of actively infected people also fell from 4,249 to a total of 82,097 active cases. 23 other deaths were registered. The Covid 19 pandemic has claimed 20,922 lives in Austria since it broke out.
Upper Austria with the highest incidence
The federal state with the highest seven-day incidence is currently Upper Austria with 665.3, followed by Lower Austria, Burgenland and Carinthia (662.4, 656 and 651.6 respectively). Then come Styria (619), Vienna (563.4), Tyrol (539.6), Salzburg (521.4) and Vorarlberg (471.7).
However, Upper Austria is also the province with the lowest protection rate and brings up the rear with 53.8 percent. The protection rate is highest in Burgenland at 65.5 percent. In Lower Austria, 61.2 percent of the population have basic immunization, in Styria 59.2 percent.
After Vienna (56.1), Carinthia (55.2), Tyrol (55.2), Vorarlberg (55.1) follows Salzburg (54.1). 11,636 vaccinations were carried out on Monday, of which 10,630 were booster vaccinations (4th, 5th and every further vaccination dose). 5,219,681 people and thus 57.8 percent of Austrians are validly vaccinated according to the recommendation of the National Vaccination Committee (NIG).
Since the beginning of the pandemic there have already been 5,408,648 confirmed corona cases in Austria. 5,305,629 people have recovered since the outbreak of the epidemic.
Source: Nachrichten
