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Half of the new infections were reported in Vienna. More than 500 people are in the hospital. He has a “difficult situation,” says Health Minister Rudolf Anschober.
After the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Austria peaked two days ago, there was a new record on Thursday. 1209 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours, more than ever since the start of the pandemic. The Ministry of Health reported this in its daily crown numbers. Half of the new infections were registered in Vienna (613).
It is the third time this month that the increase is in the four digit range, 1058 were reported on Saturday, 1028 on Wednesday yesterday. On average, there were 910 new infections each day over the past seven days.
The number of people actively suffering from the disease increased again: with 9,930 people and thus almost 10,000, it grew by almost a fifth in one week. The number of deaths related to SARS-CoV-2 increased by eight to 838 people. On Thursday there were also 9,930 active patients. 399 people were in normal hospital wards, 19 fewer than on Wednesday. But the number of intensive care patients has risen, from 100 to 107 on Thursday. 21,762 tests were recorded in the last 24 hours.
New infections in the federal states are divided as follows:
Burgenland: 18
Carinthia: 31
Lower Austria: 169
Upper Austria: 149
Salzburg: 50
Steiermark: 43
Tyrol: 95
Vorarlberg: 41
Vienna: 613
“The data updated daily are not timely”
On Thursday, the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) noted the importance of weekly viewing rather than daily viewing: “7-day number of cases, 7-day incidence, number of new clusters within a week calendar, cases with source clarified “it is necessary to be able to make statements about the epidemiological situation.” The communication of updated data is not convenient in this regard, “AGES wrote.
Until now, weekly numbers in Austria, unlike other European countries, have not been available daily to this extent, only with the introduction of the Corona traffic light in September they were available at least once a week. In addition, data from the crisis team of the Ministry of the Interior and the board of the Ministry of Health are circulating. Its operation was taken over by AGES on Tuesday, and there is now data from the Epidemiological Registry Registries (EMS), which means that the number of active Covid infections increased by almost 2,000 to 11,274 compared to the “old” panel. . Because here not all healthy people have been reported as cured.
Therefore, a weekly review of the pandemic is difficult. In Germany, on the other hand, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has been providing these numerical values in a “RKI Daily Management Report”, together with current data.
Anschober: numbers may still rise
You have a “difficult situation”, said on Thursday the Minister of Health, Rudolf Anschober, regarding the increase in the figures, which are not comparable with the spring figures, because much more is being tested, stressed the minister. consistently “continue.
Anschober again appealed to the population to adhere to the measures. That mainly happens, “but we still have room for improvement,” he said on the sidelines of a press conference.
Overall, Anschober noted that states and federal districts are highly motivated to take additional regional action to correct a higher risk assessment. However, it will take a while for such measures to take effect, and the numbers could rise in the meantime.
Anschober declined to comment that four districts were supposed to be changed to red, according to the daily “Österreich”. He is not part of the traffic light commission and does not intervene in it as a politician.
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