Austria currently has more than 500 coronavirus infections.
Wien. According to the Ministry of Health, Austria had a total of 509 coronavirus sufferers as of June 27, 2020. The infection numbers break down as follows by federal states: Vienna (266), Lower Austria (87), Upper Austria (68), Styria (32), Salzburg (24), Carinthia (14), Tyrol (8), Burgenland (7) and Vorarlberg (3). There are currently 71 coronavirus patients receiving hospital treatment. 10 people are treated in intensive care units. The number of those who died from Covid-19 continues to be 674. So far, 597,495 corona tests have been carried out.
According to oe24 information, there are currently 14 corona clusters in the country – seven of them in Vienna alone. According to information from the city of Vienna’s operations team, the virus is said to have been spread from Vienna to the rest of the federal states. Currently, the focus is on meticulous contact tracing. However, one was confident that there would be no new outbreak. It is currently suspected that the increasing number of coronavirus cases could be due to “home vacationers” from the east.
Effective reproduction number for Austria at 1.10
The epidemiological situation in Austria around SARS-CoV-2 remains stable. Between June 12 and 24, the number of reproductions was 1.10 and the daily rate of increase in the number of cases was 2.5 percent. This was the latest evaluation by experts from the Agency for Health and Food Security (AGES) and Graz University of Technology.
The low number of SARS-CoV-2 infections means that sudden changes are mainly due to individual events. “In some federal states, the number of incidence cases (new cases; note) is very small, so fluctuations in the effective number of reproductions should be interpreted with great caution. In the federal states of Burgenland, Tyrol and Vorarlberg, the number of incidence cases is so small, so that the criterion for calculating the effective number of reproductions has not been met for some time, “wrote the AGES experts.
For Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg and Styria, the effective number of reproductions can be calculated and is above 1 for June 24th. However, due to the small number of cases, each of these estimates is subject to great uncertainty.
“The development of the effective number of reproductions over 1 for Salzburg can be traced back to the outbreak at the Rotary Club meeting. Partially responsible for the development of the effective number of reproductions over 1 in Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Styria are felling accumulations associated with travel return from the Western Balkans. In Upper Austria, case clusters within the framework of two meetings of a religious community contribute to the development of the effective number of reproductions, “reported the AGES.
In Vienna, the curves show a largely stable situation with fluctuations. The experts: “The effective number of reproductions in Vienna has fluctuated by 1 since the beginning of May and stands at 0.98 on June 24th. This development corresponds to an endemic distribution, which is at a low incidence level in Vienna.”
You always have to interpret the data from an overall view. An approximation of the effective number of reproductions to 1 means that a new case is generated for each case. Theoretically, this results in a constant number of incidents every day (ie endemic spread of the infection). The number of reproductions does not allow a statement about the level of the diseases.
According to the State Medical Directorate, as of Saturday (June 27, 8:00 a.m.), 3,822 positive cases have been confirmed in Vienna. The number of deaths related to the virus is 195. A 73-year-old woman has died, the agency said. 3,361 of those affected by SARS-CoV-2 have recovered.
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