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The development of the last days gives reason for “a slight confidence that the lockdown will further flatten the curve,” he continues. The call to implement the measures in a disciplined manner remains upright, because the situation remains dire. This not only shows the number of deaths of people who have died with or from a corona infection, but it has tripled to 62 cases in the last four weeks.
“It is also worrying that one out of every two corona tests carried out in Linz is positive,” says Luger. However, there are no clearly recognizable patterns of the infection process.
Currently 350 people from Linz have to be treated in hospitals, 34 of them in an intensive care unit. As the number of infections stabilizes, the number of rapid antigen tests increases. These already account for ten percent of all tests in Linz. According to the announcement, the proportion of rapid tests will be continuously expanded in the coming weeks.
There is criticism from Luger of the massive tests announced by the federal government: “So far, as a health authority, we have not received any information about the concept and the planned process.” However, it is positive that the IT system criticized at the federal level the registry of corona cases after an update. It works “significantly faster and better”.
At the end of the first week of confinement, a balance is drawn up on the occupancy rate of daycare centers in the city. As reported, unlike spring, all daycare, kindergarten and after-school locations are now open. With an occupancy rate of 55 percent, the occupancy rate in the first week of confinement in nurseries is only 15 percent lower than the previous week. Kindergartens are about half occupied with 35 percent. There is a clear decline in urban after-school care centers: this week, almost 26 percent of children were seen (in the previous week it was 80 percent).
No more free parking
The obligation to pay fees in the short-term parking areas in Linz also remains in place. Given the traffic situation, “it currently doesn’t make sense,” according to Luger and Deputy Mayor Markus Hein (FP). This means that the conflict with the ÖVP, which has been raging for days, remains intact, demanding that short-term parking zones be lifted immediately. “Even if the situation is different from spring, suspending parking zone regulations in the short term makes perfect sense,” says her club president Elisabeth Manhal.
