139 new infections and five more deaths in Vorarlberg – Coronavirus –

In Vorarlberg, 139 new corona infections have been reported since midnight Monday, with 375 recoveries.

The number of actively infected people dropped dramatically to 3,302 people (at 4pm), which was roughly the level of two and a half weeks ago. Five more people died from or with the coronavirus, bringing the number of deaths from Covid-19 to 101.

Of the 79 intensive care beds available nationwide, 40, one more than the last, were occupied by patients with a crown. As a result, 24 intensive care beds were still available for all patient groups on Tuesday morning. A total of 187 corona patients were treated in hospitals, eight fewer than the previous day.

There was a slight further relaxation in the number of infected hospital employees: 104 (minus four) were infected with the coronavirus, and another 56 employees remained unchanged as quarantined contact persons.

As of Tuesday noon, there were 16 municipalities in Vorarlberg with more than 50 actively infected. In nine municipalities, the number of cases was (by far) more than 100, with the city of Dornbirn ahead of Bregenz, Feldkirch and Lustenau. About 70 percent of all active coronavirus infections in Vorarlberg were distributed among these 16 communities. Six of the 96 municipalities in Vorarlberg are now free of coronavirus.

According to the crown board of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vorarlberg had a significantly better value on Tuesday with the incidence of seven days per 100,000 inhabitants than the previous one. With 485 new infections per 100,000 residents in the past seven days, the state fared better than Salzburg, Upper Austria, Tyrol and Carinthia.

Austria’s average on Tuesday was 432.

The districts of Vorarlberg are no longer among the worst affected areas in Austria. The four districts of Vorarlberg have a seven-day incidence between 440 and 540 and are therefore roughly in the middle of the range for Austria.