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The blockade in Austria is starting to work! The Minister of Health, Rudolf Anschober, has now explained what will be important in the near future.
Since October 22, there has been an explosive increase in new infections every day in Austria. The one from 3.11. The quickly carried out partial lock stabilized the development step by step, the hard lock set two weeks later caused the trend reversal and caused a gradual decline, slower than the first lock, but effective. This is corroborated by the figures available on the penultimate day of the blockade.
Since 11/22 the number of new readings per day is greater than the number of new infections per day. The number of active cases has been since November 14. It went from 77,130 to 47,491 today. The trend of the last 7 days has also been clear: the number of active cases has dropped by 23 percent, the number of hospitalizations by almost 10 percent and the number of people in intensive care by 6 percent.
The number of new infections on Saturday was 3,444 with 5,666 new arrivals. On Saturday of the previous week, the number of new infections was 4,669, the previous Saturday it was 6,611 – the first two Saturdays in November it was 8,241 and 7,063.
Numbers in comparison
Direct comparison of the three goals defined at the beginning of the lockdown also shows that the lockdown is working:
1. The seven-day incidence has fallen from 519 at the beginning of the lockdown to 263 today.
2. the daily number of new infections from 5,984 at the beginning of the closure to 3,444 today,
3. the Reff reproduction factor since November 17. from 1.09 to 0.81 currently. (On November 3, at the beginning of the partial lockdown, the reef was still at 1.40).
“Having achieved the objectives of the confinement”
Rudolf Anschober, Minister of Health, said: “We have thus achieved the objectives of the blockade and we expect this effect to continue for about two weeks (since the measures always have an effect on the statistics 10-14 days after their implementation). But the numbers are there. Still very high, so the situation is still very serious. The situation in the intensive care units has not yet been deactivated and the number of deaths is too high. Therefore, the next four weeks will mark the course: Shopping days are over and vacations are a risk of confinement “.
It is precisely in this phase where the population must “behave with care, pay special attention to the minimum distance, avoid crowds and wear protection for the mouth and nose. In addition, the less direct personal contact, the better. Our goal must be to Lower the numbers again significantly for Christmas. Through the consequences of the confinement, through the massive tests and the general reinforcement of the tests, through a very careful opening and a very careful and responsible behavior from all of us. “
