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In Austria, in an average of seven days, there are 831 new infections per million inhabitants, ahead of Georgia (781), Switzerland (743), the Czech Republic (674) and Slovenia (668). However, while Switzerland and the Czech Republic have apparently managed to slow the spread of the epidemic, the numbers in Austria have risen sharply since mid-October.
Although the Austrian government tightened precautionary measures on November 3, the measure was insufficient to slow the spread of the epidemic. To avoid overloading the health care system, the Vienna cabinet has decided to implement further tightening on Saturday.
In Austria, after the spring national quarantine came into effect on March 16, infection rates increased for two more weeks and then gradually began to decline from April. Mortality data only started to improve in mid-April. Currently, the number of infected and fatalities is much higher than in the spring.
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