1,747 new coronavirus infections in Austria «kleinezeitung.at

133 patients in intensive treatment. The rumored numbers caused discontent in Vienna: In the first reports, 828 new cases were reported.

2:03 pm, October 17, 2020

1747 new infections with the corona virus had been reported in Austria on Saturday (9.30am). This arises from the daily update of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. That’s significantly more than the day before (1163) and beats Thursday’s previous record (1552).

So far there have been 63,134 positive results in Austria. 890 people across the country have died as a result of the coronavirus, 48,771 have recovered. There were a total of 13,473 cases with a virus detected on Saturday. On Saturday, 734 people were in hospital treatment for SARS-CoV-2, of which 133 were in intensive care units.

Technical problems

On Saturday morning, some media reported significantly higher figures. According to the Vienna City Council, the data circulated even before Vienna reported to the federal agency. The official dispatch of the ministry took place later than usual on Saturday. The reason given was “technical problems in data collection in Vienna”.

New infections since the last report are distributed among the Austrian federal states as follows:

• Burgenland: 25

• Carinthia: 47

• Lower Austria: 266

• Upper Austria: 226

• Salzburg: 159

• Steiermark: 122

• Tyrol: 225

• Vorarlberg: 78

• Vienna: 599

Rumored numbers caused discontent in Vienna

On Saturday, the extraordinarily high coronavirus contagion figures, which were rumored in some media in the morning, caused a sensation. Vienna, in particular, ranked very high. This caused displeasure in the city council and a lot of speculation about how this data came about.

The number 828 was initially in circulation for Vienna. According to the city council, however, it was not that high: in fact, the number of new positive tests in the federal capital was – still very high – 599. Even if you look at the raw data with duplicate entries, you only get 661, emphasized a spokesperson. of the Department of Health. Peter Hacker (SPÖ) in front of the APA.

There is only speculation in the town hall about who has passed the numbers – on which no comment is wanted, as emphasized. Therefore, it is also not clear how the value 828 specifically Occurred.

The hacker’s spokesman had previously complained via Twitter that journalists had been “simply lied to.”. “It’s bad style,” he criticized. At the time the figures were distributed, Vienna had not yet disclosed figures to a federal agency, the spokesperson said.