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In Salzburg, in addition to Hallein, the number of infections is increasing in other districts, although not as much. St. Johann im Pongau has a seven-day incidence of 141.5.
Tighter measures in Tennengau
To deal with the spread of the coronavirus, stricter measures have been put in place in Tennengau since Tuesday. Among other things, there is a ban on events, private parties outside the living space are prohibited. In the community of 7,400 residents of Kuchl, where the number of infected people is particularly high, the curfew has been advanced to 5:00 p.m.
Why so many new infections?
It is not yet clear how a local benefit event on October 3 affected the infection rate. At the well-attended charity event for a young man who had a serious accident the previous year, distance and protective measures were largely dispensed with, several APA residents reported. When it started to rain later at the well-attended event, many visitors crowded under the umbrellas. After the end of the event, officially at 7pm, the party apparently continued elsewhere. At the same time, the first communion took place last Sunday, despite the warnings of some parents in the community. The appointment had previously been postponed due to Corona.
“The charity event has been approved for 100 people outdoors. Attention was paid to the distances in the seats, there were safety measures at each table, the recommendation to keep distance and wear masks,” said Mayor Thomas Freylinger (ÖVP ) to the APA. . He was surprised by the large number of people in his community. “From our point of view, we have done everything possible.” The first commission was a purely ecclesiastical ceremony, but precautions were also taken. “Masks were distributed to the few who were able to enter.” Only parents and children of first communion were allowed, a total of three classes of 20 children.
Also in the Pongau
The state of Salzburg could not say on Wednesday how many infections can be assigned to the charity event. Liaison officers still needed to be assembled. It had previously been said that the infections would likely only have occurred later in the evening, after the event had officially ended.
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In addition to Tennengau, neighboring Pongau (St. Johann district) recently saw a higher increase in infections. Private celebrations are likely responsible for this. After a private birthday party, 10 people were recently infected, representing 10 percent of the currently known cases.
Current figures from Salzburg
As of Wednesday morning, the number of actively infected people registered in EMS, including existing and not yet registered positive tests, was 238 in Tennengau, 135 in Pongau, 140 in Salzburg city, 174 in Flachgau, 57 in Pinzgau and 57 in Lungau. 19
Where does the traffic light in Corona turn red?
Red candidates could also be in other federal states. Wels-Stadt currently has 218.7 cases of SARS-CoV-2 per 100,000 inhabitants in the seven-day incidence, Innsbruck at least 187. This means that Upper Austria’s second largest city and the Tyrolean capital are far ahead from Vienna. In the federal capital, the seven-day incidence is currently 146.3 per 100,000 inhabitants. In addition to the provincial capital, there are three other districts in Tyrol, namely Schwaz with 159.8, Imst with 133.2, and Innsbruck-Land with 132.7, above or near Vienna. The situation is even more acute in the Rohrbach district of Upper Austria, with an incidence of 164.5 per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days.
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The situation in Lower Austria has eased somewhat in recent days, where the districts of Gänserndorf and Mödling have the highest values with a seven-day incidence of 105.1 and 102.5. Within Vorarlberg, the Feldkirch district is ahead with a seven-day incidence of 112.9, in Styria Leoben with 123.7, in Carinthia the district of St. Veit an der Glan with 111.8 and in Burgenland Neusiedl am See with 123.2.
The next meeting of the traffic light commission and the decisions to be made are eagerly awaiting in all the worst affected districts. There are correction factors in the traffic light manual ranging from seven-day raw case numbers to critical “risk-adjusted” case numbers when evaluating regions. These include the proportion of cases in which the source has been clarified or the proportion of asymptotic cases and the age structure. From a seven-day incidence of more than 100 per 100,000 inhabitants, both for oil and for risk-adjusted, the highest risk level is reached.
In Hallein’s case, 115.1 per 100,000 in calendar week 40 at the time turned into 98 due to various “risk discounts,” as can be seen from last week’s working paper. It was 60.8 in week 39, but there were “risk premiums”, because in the end it stood at 66.4 per 100,000. Ultimately, resource utilization in intensive care units is also critical in the Commission’s recommendation process.
(Those: APA)
