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The number of new corona virus infections was again higher than those who had recovered on Thursday.
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On Thursday, the number of actively positive cases in Vorarlberg rose to 4170. A slight downward trend in the previous days does not seem to be confirmed at the moment.
There were 417 new infections in Vorarlberg on Thursday, compared with 337 recoveries.
The number of actively infected people increased from 4,094 to 4,170 cases (as of midnight Thursday). However, four other people died with or from the corona virus on Thursday. According to the country’s dashboard, 82 people have died in connection with the coronavirus, 62 of them since Sept. 24.
15 intensive care beds left
44 Corona patients have been admitted and 19 discharged from Vorarlberg hospitals since Wednesday. There are currently 223 patients with corona (more than 23) in hospital treatment, 44 of them, three more than the day before, were in the intensive care unit. Of the intensive care beds available nationwide, 15 (minus one) remained free.
Slight relaxation for hospital employees
There was a slight relaxation in the number of infected hospital employees. 124 (minus nine) were infected with the corona virus, 93 (minus 14) other employees were quarantined as contact persons.
Districts
Most of the active corona cases are still in the Bregenz district (1393). They are followed by Feldkirch (1,123), Dornbirn (1049) and Bludenz (560).
Communities
On Thursday, the number of cases was (by far) more than 100 in 12 municipalities, with the city of Dornbirn (528) ahead of Bregenz (314), Feldkirch (301) and Lustenau (300). Only three of the 96 municipalities in Vorarlberg were free of the corona virus.
Seven-day incidence
According to the crown board of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vorarlberg had the second worst value of all Austrian federal states for the incidence of seven days per 100,000 inhabitants on Thursday. With 714 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days, the state was behind Salzburg (721) and ahead of Upper Austria (663).
The Austrian average was 498.
The four districts of Vorarlberg currently have an incidence of more than 600 in 7 days. The Dornbirn district continues to be the worst hit in Vorarlberg.
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