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More and more Covid 19 patients need acute patient beds
5,933 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours. The number of people who died as a result of Covid-19 increased by 34 compared to the previous day to 1,411. The number of patients in intensive care units has also increased significantly, from 27 to 459.
2,992 people infected with SARS-CoV-2 had to be treated in the hospital on Sunday, a total of 14 fewer than on Saturday. However, the number of patients in intensive care units has increased significantly. In a weekly comparison, the number of patients who received hospital treatment increased by 54 percent: 1,948 needed that treatment last Sunday.
For the first time there were more than 60,000 people actively infected in Austria on Sunday; According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Health, there were a total of 60,023. 153,153 people have tested positive since the pandemic began. 91,719 are considered recovered. The death toll has risen by a quarter in a week. Since last Sunday, 281 people in Austria have died as a result of a Covid 19 infection.
On Sunday, like all previous weekends, it became apparent that significantly fewer test results were reported. Most of the new infections in the past 24 hours were reported again from Upper Austria – there were 1,608 on Sunday. SPÖ Upper Austria health spokesperson Peter Binder is now calling for the ban on visits to Upper Austria hospitals to be reintroduced: “Hospitals face a great challenge with intensive treatment of corona patients. Visitors too they require staff and also pose a risk of spread. “
Lower Austria recorded 1,370 new cases, Tirol 808 and Styria 752 new infections. 522 new cases were registered in Vienna, 319 in Vorarlberg, 215 in Burgenland and 195 in Carinthia.
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