According to data from the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), 2,490 new corona infections were registered in Austria on Sunday. This is below the average for the past seven days, with 4,209 new cases added every day. The seven-day incidence dropped to 326.3 cases per 100,000 population. The number of hospitals also continued to decline. On Monday morning there were 1,257 infected in hospital, 52 fewer than on Sunday.
85 patients in intensive care
In one week there was a decrease of 628 patients who tested positive. 85 people are hospitalized in intensive care units. This number hasn’t changed since yesterday and has dropped by 13 patients in one week. However, the way the numbers were recorded was changed again last week. Post- and long-term Covid patients who are no longer infectious are no longer included in Covid statistics. Until now, Vienna, for example, had also included post-Covid or Covid-19 patients who were no longer positive in the wards. Since then, only the number of infected people found in normal wards has been reported to the so-called Capacity Detection Tool (KET).
Decrease in cases of active crown
There are currently 45,614 active laboratory confirmed cases in Austria, 425 fewer than the day before. There have already been 5,468,967 confirmed cases in Austria since the start of the pandemic. In the last seven days, 33 deaths have been recorded and three more deaths from Covid have been counted since Sunday. Overall, the Covid 19 pandemic has claimed 21,040 lives in Austria since it erupted. 233.1 people infected per 100,000 inhabitants have already died. By far the largest number of victims was in Carinthia with 300.6 per 100,000 inhabitants, in Styria there were 276.6 per 100,000 inhabitants and in Lower Austria 242.7. For comparison, in Vorarlberg, with 166.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, almost half of the few deaths recorded in Carinthia.
PCR test: positive rate at 21.9 percent
A total of 11,665 PCR and rapid antigen tests were recorded on Sunday, as always, significantly fewer than in the week. Of these, 11,369 were significant PCR tests, the positivity rate was 21.9%. On average, 78,207 PCR analyzes were performed each day in the past week, 5.4% giving positive results.
On Sunday, 1,033 corona vaccinations were carried out across Austria, including 952 booster vaccinations (4th, 5th and each additional vaccination dose). A total of 1,188,957 people have received a booster vaccination so far.
(Those: APA)
