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“The next few days will be days to set the course. If there is no relaxation through the effectiveness of the partial lockdown, then we will have to tighten the partial lockdown,” Anschober said.
The positive tests recorded – there were 5,933 nationwide on Sunday – Anschober described in a press release as “still dramatically high,” while the 459 Covid-19 patients in intensive care units, a 58 percent increase in a week, as “worrying”. . Now it is important to ensure that “the limits of the health system are not exceeded.”
Anschober called on the population to “at least halve” contacts, maintain the minimum distance, wear protective masks for the mouth and nose, consistently comply with measures such as night-out restrictions and use the Stop Corona app: “Please be one now. Be part of the solution and accept responsibility. Be especially careful if you want to visit nursing homes and nursing homes. Register in advance by phone, take the test beforehand, wear a protective mask and follow the guidelines and information provided by the home address.. “
Nursing home testing tightened
Due to too many cases of infection in nursing homes and for the elderly, the tests in this area were “massively toughened,” Anschober explained. According to this, 100,000 antigen tests were delivered to nursing homes and nursing homes in the past week. Another three million have been ordered, which will be gradually moved to the homes.
There were currently 1,507 infected residents in Austria on Sunday, 43 more than on Saturday. The staff included 877 confirmed cases, 19 more than on Saturday.
At 5,933, the number of new infections across Austria on Sunday was lower than in previous days and well below the new high of 8,241 on Saturday. However, this is the case every Sunday because significantly fewer test results are reported. The number of people who died as a result of Covid-19 increased by 34 compared to the previous day to 1,411. The number of patients in intensive care units has also increased significantly, from 27 to 459.
More and more patients in intensive care units
2,992 people infected with SARS-CoV-2 had to be treated in the hospital on Sunday, a total of 14 fewer than on Saturday. However, the number of patients in intensive care units has increased significantly. In a weekly comparison, the number of patients who received hospital treatment increased by 54 percent: 1,948 needed that treatment last Sunday.
For the first time there were more than 60,000 people actively infected in Austria on Sunday; According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Health, there were a total of 60,023. 153,153 people have tested positive since the pandemic began. 91,719 are considered recovered. The death toll has risen by a quarter in a week. Since last Sunday, 281 people in Austria have died as a result of a Covid 19 infection.
Most of the new infections in the past 24 hours were reported again from Upper Austria – there were 1,608 on Sunday. SPÖ Upper Austria health spokesperson Peter Binder is now calling for the ban on visits to Upper Austria hospitals to be reintroduced: “Hospitals face a great challenge with intensive treatment of corona patients. Visitors too they require staff and also pose a risk of spread. “
Lower Austria recorded 1,370 new cases, Tirol 808 and Styria 752 new infections. 522 new cases were registered in Vienna, 319 in Vorarlberg, 215 in Burgenland and 195 in Carinthia.
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