In Austria, 6706 new corona infections have been reported in the past 24 hours (from 9.30 am on Thursday), a week ago there were 8079. 14 other people infected with the virus died. As was to be expected, the number of hospital admissions rose sharply.
The reason for the sharp increase in the number of patients in hospitals: As reported, Vienna has also been reporting SARS-CoV-2 infected hospital patients who are not primarily treated for Covid-19 since Wednesday.
There are currently 1,521 corona patients in hospitals, 83 of whom are in intensive care.
The new infections in the federal states:
- Vienna: 2070
- Lower Austria: 1368
- Upper Austria: 901
- Styria: 749
- Carinthia: 449
- Salzburg: 374
- Tyrol: 357
- Burgenland: 271
- Vorarlberg: 167
Source: Krone

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