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Infected patient at the Tauern Clinic in Zell am See
The Gastein Valley has been isolated from the rest of the state since March 19.
In Salzburg, today Easter Monday will decide whether the quarantine will be lifted or extended to a total of nine municipalities in Pinzgau and Pongau. The number of infected people in the affected municipalities has decreased markedly because some sick people have recovered. It is not clear if that is enough.
For the decision, the data will be re-evaluated on Monday.
New municipalities of Salzburg in quarters
Flachau and five municipalities in the Gastein and Grossarl valleys have been in quarantine since March 19, and since April 1 Altenmarkt im Pongau, Saalbach and Zell am See have also been affected. Entrances and exits were only allowed for essential basic services, travel, with the exception of Flachau, where even more restrictive rules were applied, only for employees in key professions.
More than half of those infected in Salzburg recovered
However, it was announced on Sunday night that a patient at the Tauern Clinic in Zell am See had tested positive for Covid-19. Health authorities immediately began the clarification work, said in a first report from the state of Salzburg. To date (as of 7 a.m.) there are 1,192 corona viruses in the state (report yesterday morning: +11) He fell ill More than half of those infected, that is, 735 patients, have recovered. Of the 91 people in the hospital, 20 are currently in the intensive care unit, 340 are not registered as hospitalized patients. 25 people died in Salzburg.
(Source: APA)
Accessed on April 13, 2020 at 8:34 am at https://www.salzburg24.at/news/salzburg/entscheidung-ueber-salzburger-quarantaenegemeinden-86166199
