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After Wednesday’s record growth (1335), the crisis team posted an all-time high with 1,552 new cases.
Most of the new cases were re-registered in Vienna (480). In the federal capital, a total of 21,877 positive tests were confirmed, 16,054 people have been recovered. An infected woman died (86), suffering from previous illnesses. A total of 279 people died in Vienna.
Tyrol also reports a record 295 new cases in a 24-hour comparison. 242 cases were recorded in Lower Austria and 224 in Upper Austria. Another 311 new infections are distributed among the other federal states as follows: Styria (119), Vorarlberg (69), Salzburg (66), Burgenland (35) and Krnten (22).
In short: “The situation is serious”
In view of the growing number of corona infections in Austria, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (VP) addressed the federal states with a written appeal on Thursday. In several of them, the figures had reached “very worrying levels”. Stronger measures are urgently needed there.
“We are currently seeing a massive spread of the virus in some cities and countries in Europe, which makes it necessary to fight it with very drastic measures,” said the Chancellor in the text available to the APA: “It must be clear to everyone in the country: The situation is serious. ” A new infection rate, such as that of neighboring the Czech Republic, would have fatal effects on employment and businesses, would push the health system to the limit of its capacity, and would de facto cause a second lockdown.
“The point now is that the particularly affected federal states selectively toughen the regions, since from a certain point on, the authorities of the affected federal states will not be able to conduct rapid tests or trace specific contacts,” Kurz emphasized.
He also addressed the population: “I appeal to all the people of the country to take the situation seriously and support the measures.” The next few weeks would decide whether the spread of the virus can be slowed and contained, or whether the corona pandemic will cause even greater damage to the healthcare system, jobs and businesses in the country.
- Video: Chancellor Kurz made a written appeal to the federal states:
