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The Ministry of Health and Interior announced on Saturday that 5,349 new infections were registered in the last 24 hours. The number of people who must be treated in hospital for SARS-CoV-2 has increased considerably. On Friday it was 1,803, on Saturday 64 more. 265 patients were in the intensive care unit, two more than the previous day.
36,590 people currently have an infection. Since the start of the pandemic, more than 100,000 people in Austria, that is 104,925 to be precise, have been infected with the coronavirus, 1,109 have not survived Covid 19 disease. 67,226 have recovered from an infection. Meanwhile, 2,232,735 tests have been performed.
The largest increase in one day was this time in Upper Austria with 1,074 cases, followed by Vienna with 952 cases. There were 749 new infections in Tyrol, 727 in Lower Austria, 671 in Styria, 451 in Vorarlberg, 332 in Salzburg, 218 in Carinthia and 175 in Burgenland. In the late afternoon, the Austrian government wants to announce a massive tightening of measures to contain the pandemic, we will broadcast live from 4:30 pm
