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The numbers are still high. On Sunday morning, 274 new infected people were registered in Upper Austria.
The situation keeps getting worse. In the last 24 hours there have been 1,672 new infections in Austria. Right at the forefront of the Corona numbers: Vienna with 431 new cases, followed by Lower Austria (356) and Upper Austria with 274 new infections.
Statistics for Sunday morning (as of 11 am. “This is the absolute highest level since the outbreak of the pandemic,” said the Mayor of Linz, Klaus Luger. In a broadcast he provides the numbers oö. The districts in comparison, they calculated how many sick people per 100,000 inhabitants Their conclusion: Linz (206,595 inhabitants) ranks eighth in the comparison of Upper Austria with around 131 patients per 100,000 inhabitants.
Luger to shorten the quarantine period
For Luger, the development of the last days shows “a rapid spread of the virus throughout Upper Austria”, but criticizes the strategy of containing Corona with more restrictions on public life and gastronomy. After all, an evaluation of the available data found that very few infections would occur there.
With this, he supports the attempt by Lieutenant Governor and Health Officer Christine Haberlander (ÖVP) to shorten the quarantine period to five days. The quarantine time is currently ten days. “The team of medical experts from the Linz crisis team also believes that this time is sufficient.” Like Haberlander, Luger is convinced that such a reduction will increase the willingness of the population to actively help with contact person management.
More hospitals as test labs
He also believes that it would be useful to expand the testing capabilities. Those affected would often have to wait a long time for the crown test result. At the moment, in addition to the test roads in Linz, tests and evaluations are also being carried out at Kepler University Hospital, Med Campus III and Elisabethinen. Luger thinks it makes sense to also use other hospital locations for corona tests and evaluations, such as the Sisters of Mercy and the NeuroMed campus.
According to the Ministry of Health, there are 2,183 current cases of corona in Upper Austria as of Sunday noon (2pm). 7,806 people are in quarantine. 118 patients are in the hospital in the normal ward, 16 are cared for in intensive care units. The death toll is 81.
