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The number of deaths related to the coronavirus rose from five to 756 in Lower Austria on Monday.
According to information from the office of the State Health Councilor Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ), 324 new infections were also recorded. 12,514 contact people were quarantined at home, 290 fewer than on Sunday.
Free trials: capabilities will be expanded
In Lower Austria, the capacity for the free corona exams that have been running since Monday morning has been expanded. According to the military, instead of the ten planned, 21 test roads are now offered at all five locations in the state. This step was justified by “great interest”. According to the Notruf Niederösterreich panel, more than 35,000 registrations had been recorded by morning.
At the Amstetten, Korneuburg, St. Pölten, Wiener Neustadt and Zwettl stations, 250 soldiers and officers of the armed forces will be deployed until (tomorrow) Tuesday. 170 were originally planned. “We are able to quickly adapt our capabilities to requirements,” emphasized military commander Martin Jawurek in a broadcast.
As of Monday, at 9 a.m., 704 swabs had already been taken, according to the board. Ten of them were positive, this corresponds to a rate of 1.42 percent.
Free antigen testing is possible on Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Positive results are verified, as with previously performed area-wide examinations, by a PCR test at one of the self-service stations at the state.
