The numbers of new infections are declining considerably, of hospitalizations and patients with coronavirus in Intensive Care Units in Austria.
With 1,333 new coronavirus infections recorded in the past 24 hours in Austria, this number is well below the average of the last seven days at 1,421, and the incidence of seven days – new infections in the previous seven days per 100,000 inhabitants – decreased from 121 yesterday, to 112 today, notes the APE-MPE.
The number of hospitalized patients, which currently stands at 1,394, has dropped by 86 in the last 24 hours, having fallen, for the first time since March 1, to below 1,400, while, having decreased by 17 compared to yesterday, the number of patients in Intensive Care Units today stands at 417, compared to more than 500 that was on last week.
The last twenty-four hours 18 people died in Austria due to coronavirus, the average within a week was 20.9 per day, while from the beginning of the pandemic until today the total deaths from coronavirus in the country reached 10,351.
So far there have been 628,817 recorded cases of coronavirus in Austria, 599,854 people have recovered -the 1,932 in the previous 24 hours-, while the active cases today amount to 18,612, 617 less than yesterday.
A total of 287,929 PCR tests and rapid antigen tests were recorded in the last 24 hours, of which 85,585 were the most accurate PCR tests, well above the weekly average of about 68,000 per day.
The positive rate of PCR tests was also only 1.6%, while in the last week, on average it was positive 2.1% of PCR tests.
More than a third of people over the age of 16 have been vaccinated with the first dose
More than a third of people in Austria over the age of 16, that is, more than 2.5 million out of a total population of 8.9 million, have already been vaccinated so far, at least with the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19, announced today the Austrian Minister of Health and Social Services Wolfgang Mukstein.
Vaccination rates are “steadily increasing” due to growing vaccine deliveries and “yesterday, Thursday, we reached a new daily record for the first time by vaccinating more than 90,000 people in Austria, with the average seven-day vaccination being above today from 55,000 “, he states.
In the coming weeks, there will be more vaccinations at younger ages and in addition, vaccinations will start in companies, the Minister of Health notes, advising everyone to keep the dates for their second vaccination.
Earlier, the Federal Chancellery in Vienna had announced that Half of those who wanted to be vaccinated against coronavirus have received the first partial vaccination to date and, according to the data from the electronic vaccination certificate, 50% is also achieved among citizens over the age of 50.
The Federal Chancellery expects that about two-thirds of the population that can be vaccinated against coronavirus will be vaccinated, as, for example, children are still excluded and therefore the expected number is five million.
According to Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz, this progress in vaccinations also leads to a significant improvement in the pandemic situation and the goal of being able to offer the first vaccination to anyone who wants it by the end of June will be achieved.
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