Salzburg leads the way in seven-day incidence – SALZBURG24
In Salzburg, the level of new corona infections remains very high. After yesterday’s annual high of 430 new cases, the country reported 374 new infections from Thursday to Friday. The seven-day incidence rose to 336 in the state – Salzburg has replaced Upper Austria, the leader in recent days. And everything points to the fact that the dynamics of the infection process will continue unchanged and WILL continue to increase.
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“Situation similar to last autumn”
“The situation is very similar to last autumn. Among the unvaccinated people, the seven-day incidence has already reached the peak values of last November”, analyzes state statistician Gernot Filipp. It cannot be ruled out that the numbers will generally rise again to the peak values of the second wave a year ago. The focus of the infection process is still in Tennengau, where exit restrictions were recently imposed in three communities. “The level in Flachgau and Pongau is also very high and the values are also rising significantly in the other districts.”
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In Salzburg there have been 616 causes related to Covid-19 since the outbreak of the epidemic, one more than on Thursday. And Covid patients are also dying in hospitals. According to the state, 67 corona patients informed themselves in the hospital on Friday morning, eleven of them in the intensive care unit. The reason for this lies in the fact that the vaccination rate is still too low.
The immunizations according to age group and residential area prove this quite clearly: “The vaccination rate correlates with the new infections. Currently we have the highest incidence among ten to 19-year-olds with 800”, according to state statistician Filipp. There are also big differences in the districts: Here the vaccination rate fluctuates between 62.7 percent in Pinzgau and 55.2 percent in Tennengau. The seven-day incidence there was already just under the 600 limit.
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Only 60 percent of Salzburg residents are fully immunized
As of Friday, according to state statistics, 59.9 percent of the total population in Salzburg were fully immunized. “There is still a lot of catching up to do here. Vaccines and offers are available in sufficient numbers, with and without appointments,” emphasized health officer LHStv. Christian Stöckl (ÖVP) once more. It is true that more and more people who have been vaccinated in Salzburg are developing Covid-19. However, the incidence in them was only one sixth that of the unvaccinated. And: “The likelihood of a serious illness and hospitalization for vaccinated people is many times lower. More people with Covid-19 in intensive care units means less capacity for other patients with life-threatening diseases,” emphasized Stöckl.
(Source: APA)