Participation rate just over ten percent «kleinezeitung.at



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Including Saturday, 204,880 people have been counted at the testing centers so far. 0.33 percent, including Saturday, 204,880 people have so far been counted at the testing centers. 0.33 percent of antigen tests were positive. t antigen tests were positive.

7.30 am, December 13, 2020

Corona Wiener Stadthalle Test Station
Corona Wiener Stadthalle Test Station © (c) APA / HERBERT NEUBAUER (HERBERT NEUBAUER)

Massive tests across Austria started by the federal government will end this Sunday in Vienna. Although the three test locations remain open until 6pm, it is already clear that there are only a little more than ten percent of the population Get tested for the virus for free. Capacities were based on a participation rate of up to 60 percent or 1.2 million people designed.

Only one tenth was tested

Even on Saturday, according to the office of Health Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ), exactly 204,880 people underwent rapid antigen testing at the testing centers in Stadthalle, Marxhalle and Messe Wien. That corresponds to about a tenth of the almost two million inhabitants of Vienna. As of Saturday night, around 15,000 people had registered for a test on the last test day today.

The actual number of crown checks on Sunday could be a bit higher because you can book a time the same day or come to Messe Wien without prior registration. However, after the ten-day trial offensive, the end result will not be much more than 220,000 participants, which corresponds to a rate of around eleven percent.

676 positive results

As for the 204,880 rapid tests carried out up to and including Saturday, only 676 tested positive. This corresponds to 0.33 percent of the results. A more detailed gargle PCR test was performed on those affected. Additionally, 632 other people have had to gargle so far because the nasal swab for the rapid test had not worked previously.

That makes 1,308 gargle tests. 466 of them showed or confirmed an infection, in 555 cases, however, everything was fine. According to the Hacker Bureau, 287 PCR tests are still being evaluated.

Mass tests in Vienna began on December 4. With around 300 test lines, the city provided an infrastructure for up to 150,000 rapid tests per day. In fact, according to currently available figures, an average of just under 23,000 people came in each day to be checked for a corona infection.

After the end of the first test in Vienna this Sunday, the final number of participants should be published that night. Detailed final results and analysis will be released Monday at a press conference. The second wave of testing recently announced by the federal government will take place in Vienna from January 8-17.

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