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In Styria, the number of new infections has risen again sharply, including among older people: 26 people were infected in a nursing home in Graz. No more cases are ruled out as new test results are constantly announced, he said. Caritas, who operates the house, on Saturday.
After two nurses tested positive a few days ago, the tests were expanded. Therefore, 13 residents and 13 staff are infected. At home, attempts are now being made to isolate infected people to avoid further infections; evacuation was not possible.
Five victims in the hospital
So far, five people have been taken to the hospital. In many of those affected, the symptoms are said to be weak or not at all pronounced.
With regard to the extremely high infection rate currently in Austria, the authorities are especially concerned about the possibility of the coronavirus jumping from those who are currently mainly young to particularly vulnerable older generations. A group in a nursing home feeds exactly those fears.
