Since Monday, the mask requirement has also fallen in the classes and the requirement to be present has been reintroduced, from Saturday largely all previous corona protection measures will be canceled in Austria. Three days earlier, the interior and health ministries reported the second highest number of new infections since the pandemic began more than two years ago. 39,493 infected people were registered within 24 hours. In addition, 47 other fatalities were reported.
Since the beginning of the pandemic more than two years ago, 14,888 people have died as a result of an infection. 227 deaths have been registered in the past seven days. 166.7 people per 100,000 inhabitants have already died from or with Covid-19.
The 39,493 new infections are the second-highest 24-hour Home Office figure. There were only more with 43,053 – but with thousands of late registrations – on January 27th. On its dashboard, AGES shows SARS-CoV-2 infections according to the day of the laboratory diagnosis, so far there have only been two times higher daily values than on Wednesday – on February 1st with 44,183 cases and on February 8th with 39,963 cases .
The seven-day average rose to 27,665 new infections. The seven-day incidence as of Wednesday was 2,167.9 cases per 100,000 population. Three days before the end of the Corona measures – the exception remains areas with vulnerable people and mask requirements in essential trade and public transport – there were 275,364 confirmed active cases across Austria.
The number of hospital patients continues to rise. Across Austria, 2,622 infected people were hospitalized on Wednesday, 69 more than on Tuesday, and there was an increase of 9.1 percent over the past week. The situation in the intensive care units is stable, 190 seriously ill Covid 19 patients had to be treated here on Wednesday, one person fewer than on Tuesday.