Today 34,743 new infections are reported. The incidence drops to 2446.2. A slight decrease was also recorded in hospitals, while seven seriously ill people were added to intensive care units.
The omicron wave is slowly flattening out and the downward trend in the number of infections continues. Ministries report 34,743 new infections in Austria today. While it is significantly more than the day before (22,830), on Wednesday a week ago it was still 53,071. The average of the last seven days drops to 31,381. The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population drops to 2,446.2. At the end of March, there were now 373,474 laboratory-confirmed actively infected people across Austria, 9,425 fewer than the day before.
Currently, 3,301 patients with corona infection are being treated in hospitals. That’s 32 less than the day before. Seven seriously ill people were added to the intensive care units. A total of 245 infected people are being treated in intensive care. Since last Wednesday, there has been an increase of 18 patients, which represents almost eight percent.
48 people have died since yesterday. 282 infected people died last week. There have been 15,812 deaths since the start of the pandemic two years ago.
Higher incidence in Lower Austria
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 3,805,155 confirmed cases in Austria. 3,415,869 people are considered recovered. The federal state with the highest seven-day incidence is currently Lower Austria with 2,860.6, followed by Vorarlberg (2,590.6), Vienna (2,559.1) and Upper Austria (2,519.7). It is followed by Burgenland (2466.9), Styria (2432.2), Salzburg (2205.4), Carinthia (2120.1) and Tyrol (1452.3).
There are unlimited testing options until Thursday, from Friday only ten per person per month. A total of 810,313 rapid PCR and antigen tests were recorded in the last 24 hours. Of these, 610,965 were significant PCR tests, 5.7 percent were positive. On average, more than 417,800 PCR analyzes were performed every day last week, the positive rate was 7.5%.
69.1 percent with valid vaccine protection
As of Tuesday, 3,148 vaccinations were carried out across Austria, of which only 175 were first-bite vaccinations. According to e-vaccination card data, a total of 6,814,487 people have received at least one vaccine. Exactly 6,205,110 people and therefore 69.1% of Austrians have a valid vaccination. More and more certificates are expiring, just last week there were 11,934.
The protection rate (valid vaccination certificate) is highest in Burgenland at 75.3%. In Lower Austria 71.2 percent of the population has valid vaccination protection, in Styria 69.9 percent. After Vienna (68.2), Tyrol (67), Carinthia (66), Salzburg (65.3) and Vorarlberg (65), Upper Austria comes in the rear, as usual, with 64.7 percent.
(red/APA)