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In our corona indicator you will find the national developments on the corona pandemic.
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Current numbers
- 30,486 confirmed cases; 4,072 active cases; 502 new cases from Tuesday to Wednesday (as of 09.09.2020, 10:00 am)
- 25,764 recovered, 747 dead; 1,288,059 tests carried out (as of 09.09.2020, 10:00 am)
Salzburger Jungschar camp: group seems content
The crown group around the Jungschar camp of a Salzburg city parish in Grossarl, which was unveiled last weekend, appears to be limited. For the second day in a row, there was no new infection that could be assigned to this group, the city of Salzburg reported Wednesday afternoon. The number of infected remained unchanged at 16.
Corona traffic light: yellow possible for Innsbruck
The LH Günther Platter (ÖVP) of Tyrol assumes that the traffic light in the state capital Innsbruck will change from green to yellow, as is the current case in the Kufstein district. The country manager announced this at a press conference on Wednesday. Although there is currently no regulation, the associated measures must be implemented on a voluntary basis, he said.
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“Crown effect”: Bundesliga 2019/20 with record advertising value
Due to the corona virus, the Bundesliga was able to achieve record advertising value this year. According to Focus Institute analysis, the 2019/20 season achieved a 25 percent increase in the House of Lords at home over the previous season. Market researchers assume that the Bundesliga’s pioneering role with “ghost games” will be responsible for this until July. At that time, practically no other sports were performed.
Anchorage in vaccines: safety “most important requirement”
Following the interruption of global testing for a vaccine from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) commented on safety guidelines during development on Wednesday. “For us, security is the most important requirement for the market approval decision,” Anschober said of the APA.
Health Committee Planned for Anschober Amendment
Health Minister Rudolf Anschober invited a health committee through the Parliamentary Club of the Greens on Wednesday on September 17. The subject will be the amendment to the Corona laws. The ÖVP confirmed the “offer to the opposition”. The FPÖ took the opportunity to once again criticize the health minister: “Obviously, the green health minister Rudolf Anschober likes the role of the autocrat in relation to the Austrian parliament and therefore the entire democratic state,” he said. the president of the FPÖ club, Herbert Kickl.
Schoolchildren from Upper Austria must also have a mask with “Green”
Because the traffic light in Corona changes every week, education director Alfred Klampfer asked Upper Austrian students at a press conference to always wear a mask and sports equipment for the outdoors. The new school year starts on Monday for some 298,000 children and young people in Upper Austria. In Linz, the Corona traffic light was still yellow on Wednesday, in the remaining districts it was green.
Corona aid: Blümel “horrified” by the EU Commission
Finance Minister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) has again criticized the EU Commission. To do this, request more information about the new fixed cost subsidy for companies. He does not understand the argument, “from my point of view it can only be a misunderstanding,” Blümel told the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. A clarifying discussion with the EU Commission is scheduled for next week. “Unfortunately, the European Commission is not approving this for us at the moment,” they have been asked to explain what exactly the crisis in Austria is, if the reserve situation in Carinthia is very good. “To be honest, I was horrified when I read this letter,” the finance minister said.
502 new infections
From Tuesday to Wednesday, 502 new corona cases were registered in Austria. In addition, 135 new convalescents have been added. Currently 4,072 people in Austria are considered infected.
Again more than 500 new infections in 24 hours in Austria
Current key figures from Vienna
As of Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 8 am, 9,559 positive tests have been confirmed in Vienna. The number of deaths associated with the virus remains unchanged at 223. 4,357 corona tests have been evaluated since Tuesday. So far, a total of 341,923 crown tests have been carried out in Vienna. There were 258 new infections from Tuesday to Wednesday in Vienna.
53 new infections in Tyrol
In Tyrol, another 53 people have tested positive for the corona virus since Tuesday night. There are currently 453 infected people (as of Wednesday at 9:00 am). The state of Tirol announced that analysis of the data suggests that there has been a backlog of cases within families of Turkish origin. In Tyrol, 201,209 tests have been carried out so far. Most of the cases were currently in the state capital, Innsbruck, with 149, followed by the Innsbruck-Land district with 111 cases and the Kufstein district with 100 cases. The last death related to the corona virus in Tyrol was on May 22.
The labor market crisis hits foreigners and young people hardest
Above all, foreigners and young people felt the effects of the crown-related economic crisis in the second quarter. These groups lost their jobs with particular frequency, according to a Statistics Austria survey published on Wednesday. The number of people employed in 2020 was three percent lower than the previous year’s level.
According to the international definition, a total of 251,600 people were unemployed in the second quarter, almost a quarter more than in the same period of the previous year. According to the ILO definition, the unemployment rate was 5.7 percent (+1.2 percentage points).
Anschober: constructive debate on second funding
On Wednesday, the second round of talks on the financing of outlets related to the crown of the health fund at the Ministry of Social Affairs took place at the invitation of the Minister of Health. In a broadcast from Health Minister Rudi Anschober (Greens), said: “There are still significantly different forecasts on the funding requirements of the ÖGK in 2020 and 2021. We have jointly determined that the most accurate work towards a joint forecast of the requirements will continue and deepen and gradually The actual figures for 2020 and new economic forecasts will be incorporated. The negotiating partners now have until mid-October to present a joint assessment. This is a good approach, because in politics only then can the amount be decided concrete financial support required by the federal government, if this general financial requirement from ÖGK is out of the question. ”
In conclusion, Anschober said: “I would like to thank the constructive atmosphere of negotiation and discussion, characterized by the honest efforts of both parties. Therefore, I am sure that we will achieve good joint solutions. And I renew my guarantee that there will be no reductions in benefits or additional charges (deductibles) for the insured. Furthermore, we have expressly renewed our intention to implement the necessary quality improvements in essential and particularly important areas such as the provision of psychotherapy. “
57 new cases in Lower Austria
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Lower Austria rose by 57 to 4,401 on Wednesday morning. According to medical staff, 3,918 people are considered recovered. That’s 54 more than the day before. So far, 109 deaths related to a corona infection have been reported in Lower Austria.
ÖGB boss calls for “a few billion” for the crown’s stimulus package
The president of the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (ÖGB), Wolfgang Katzian, is calling for an economic stimulus package of “several billion euros” due to the crown crisis and the associated economic recession. “If the CoV crisis means 100,000 long-term unemployed, that would be a big problem,” Katzian told the APA.
Health insurance benefits are still being negotiated
On Tuesday, negotiations on federal financial aid for the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK) will enter the second round. The ÖGK had fallen further into deficit due to the Corona crisis. According to the Minister of Health and Social Affairs Rudolf Anschober (Greens) it is a “millionaire amount of three digits” for 2020 and more funds for the years 2021 and 2022. In the forecast of the ÖGK a loss of 447 million euros is expected this year.
Corona increases supermarket sales
The corona virus pandemic is throwing more money into supermarket coffers. RegioData analysts assume that sales in the grocery trade will increase 4.5 percent this year. Despite the expected loss of purchasing power, growth rates in 20201 should return to the normal long-term range of 2.5 percent, according to the forecast. The grocery business benefited during the multi-week shutdown because the catering business was closed. So people ate at home regularly and purchases increased accordingly. This was further reinforced by the central office.
