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The number of infections in Austria increased considerably in the last 24 hours.
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In the last 24 hours, almost 400 new infections were recorded in Austria. About half of them, 203, were located in Vienna. Then come the federal states of Upper Austria and Tyrol.
In Austria, 395 new SARS-CoV-2 infections were found within 24 hours by testing. The Interior Ministry announced this on Saturday morning. The day before there were 229 infections.
New infections since the last report are distributed among the Austrian federal states as follows:
- Burgenland: 8
- Carinthia: 4
- Lower Austria: 35
- Upper Austria: 57
- Salzburg: 11
- Steiermark: 24
- Tyrol: 49
- Vorarlberg: 4
- Vienna: 203
Strict test strategy in Vienna
In Vienna, the federal capital, with just over half of the SARS-CoV-2 infections recorded in 24 hours in Austria (203 out of 395; note), a total of 7,777 positive results were recorded as of Saturday. morning. The number of deaths associated with the virus was unchanged at 210. 5,841 people have recovered, Viennese authorities said on Saturday morning.
“Vienna continues to apply a strict testing strategy. Last week, an average of 3,565 daily tests were carried out in Vienna,” said a broadcast. In a comparison of seven days per 100,000 inhabitants, Vienna ranks 39.5 behind Wels (53.5), Innsbruck (44.7) and Kufstein (42.9) with the number of those who tested positive.
Knapp 27,000 corona positive tests
So far there have been 26,985 positive results in Austria. As of today (August 29, 2020, 9:30 am), 733 people in Austria have died from the consequences of the corona virus and 22,866 have recovered. 144 people are currently in hospital treatment due to the coronavirus and 30 of them are in intensive care units.
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