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In Austria, the limit of 15,000 confirmed infections with SARS-CoV-2 was exceeded on Thursday. The Interior Ministry reported 3,002 cases at 9:30 a.m. At this point, however, nearly 11,700 people had recovered. The number of active diseases across the country decreased by 301 to 2,786 compared to the previous day.
677 people were hospitalized Thursday morning, nearly two dozen fewer than the day before. With the exception of Burgenland and Styria, where minimal increases were recorded, the number of Covid-19 patients decreased within 24 hours or remained the same. 169 patients had to be treated in intensive care, seven fewer than on Wednesday. Their numbers had decreased in Vienna, Upper Austria, Tyrol and Vorarlberg, but remained the same in Lower Austria and Carinthia. 522 people have died with Covid-19 so far, including twelve in the past 24 hours.
“The road so far in Austria has been very good. We did the first stage very well because we took the right measures at the right time and the population did a great job,” said Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) on the decrease of the number of cases. However, the gradual opening phase of public life began “the most difficult stage of our marathon.” Now is the time to be “very consistent and careful” not to trigger a second wave and keep the virus under control.
Anschober explicitly warned against being overly optimistic. The new infections registered would not yet include “the first opening step since last Tuesday”: “This can only be expected with a delay of at least twelve days.” Therefore, it would be “fatal if a carefree mood were to spread. Then we could quickly undo what we have accomplished so far,” Anschober said.
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Source: APA
