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In Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg, several districts are threatened with the red switch after the next meeting of the traffic light commission on Thursday.
This was suggested by a look at the updated dashboard from the Agency for Food Safety and Health (AGES) on Wednesday afternoon.
Currently four districts are red
The highest red warning level and therefore a “very high risk” with uncontrolled outbreaks and widespread spread is currently certified by the Corona traffic light in Salzburg Tennengau, the capital of Tyrol, Innsbruck, the district of Innsbruck-Land and the second largest city in Upper Austria, Wels. In the four affected districts, the epidemiological situation on Wednesday was as follows: the seven-day incidence – the number of newly infected people in the last seven days per 100,000 inhabitants – was
- at Tennengau at 468.7
- in Innsbruck at 282.3
- in Innsbruck-Land at 198.5
- in Wels at 226.8
If you take these numbers as a guide, at least three other districts in Upper Austria should be in red:
- Schärding with a seven-day incidence of 279.2
- Grieskirchen at 247.2
- Ried im Innkreis at 243.4
In Salzburg there are two new red candidates, Pongau and Flachgau, who currently have a seven-day incidence of 271.8 and 237.1, respectively.
In Tyrol, three more districts could turn red at the next traffic light:
- Schwaz im Unterland has a seven-day incidence of 274.2
- the Oberland districts of Landeck and Imst appear with an incidence of 234.4 and 209.8, respectively.
Rheintal / Walgau region at risk
In Vorarlberg, the districts of Feldkirch (226.8), Dornbirn (211.1) and Bregenz (199.4) are particularly affected. However, for the Corona traffic light, Vorarlberg is divided into the following regions:
- Rheintal / Walgau
- Klostertal / Arlberg
- Montafon / Brandnertal
- Great Walsertal
- Bregenzerwald / Kleinwalsertal
divided. The “Rheintal / Walgau” region, in particular, is at great risk of jumping to “red”. If the traffic light turns red, homeschooling would begin in the ninth grade.
The previously yellow Klostertal / Arlberg, Montafon / Brandnertal, Großes Walsertal, Bregenzerwald / Kleinwalsertal regions also appear to be orange.
Carinthia is the least affected
In the other federal states, the seven-day incidents are significantly lower. The districts of Bruck / Leitha (165.7) and Waidhofen / Thaya (154.5) show the highest values in Lower Austria. Vienna, the districts are not shown separately here, it is at 153.5, which means that the federal capital is also clearly on the rise. Last Friday there was an incidence in seven days of 134.5 and on Monday it rose to 146.3.
In Burgenland, seven of the nine districts currently have a seven-day incidence below 100. The “outlier” at the top is Neusiedl / See with 134.3. In Styria, the Murtal district is at the top with 115.3, in Carinthia the state capital Klagenfurt with 105.1.
Relative to Austria as a whole, the seven-day incidence is currently 121.4. A worrying development, as it was below 100 last Friday at 94.8.
In itself, exceeding the 100 mark is considered a parameter to change the affected district to red. In its assessment, the Corona Commission bases its assessment not only on the seven-day incidence but also on the number of regional tests, whether and to what extent new infections can be assigned to clusters and, therefore, delimited and on the local resources in the health system.
Strict measures in Bavaria
In Bavaria, reaching an incidence of seven days out of 100 now has drastic consequences. Cities and counties with a higher incidence have been considered dark red since Wednesday, which should automatically result in more meeting bans and an early closure at restaurants until 9 p.m., as announced by Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder. in a government statement in Munich.
The aim of the newly introduced warning level is to avoid a lockdown as in the spring or as currently in the Berchtesgadener Land district, Söder explained. The aim is to keep schools and kindergartens up and running, as well as the economic performance of businesses. In the Berchtesgaden tourist region, where the last value was 262, schools, restaurants and hotels are closed.
Söder against the closure of borders
Söder spoke out against closing borders to combat the pandemic. “Our goal is for the borders to remain open,” he said in state parliament. To make this possible, Bavaria wants to offer more trial options for travelers.
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