Coronavirus: More infected people than ever in Salzburg
“The infection rate has spread to the entire country and continues to increase sharply in all districts, an end to the increase cannot be seen from today’s perspective,” said state statistician Gernot Filipp in a broadcast.
Incidence in Salzburg at 661.8
The seven-day incidence in Salzburg has risen by 60 points to 661.8 (as of November 4, 8:30 a.m.) and is getting closer and closer to the high of last autumn. In the past week alone, this value has increased by around 230 points. The seven-day incidence of the unvaccinated population is 1,300, that of the unvaccinated population is around 250. This means that ten infected people quickly infect 13 more, and the virus spreads.
126 corona patients in hospitals
A further increase to 126 Covid-19 patients has been recorded in the hospitals. According to the medical crisis team, the bed occupancy in the Covid-19 normal wards has more than doubled since October 24, while the occupancy in the intensive care units increased from 12 to 16. The average age of intensive care patients remains at 65 years. 77 percent in the normal ward and 80 percent in the intensive care unit are over 65 years old. The booster vaccination that is now being offered is therefore particularly important for this population group. Your protection can be refreshed but every 18 and over six months after immunization.
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Seven-day incidence highest in adolescents
The seven-day incidence of 1,100 is currently highest among ten to under 19-year-olds; it is almost 800 among 20 to 44-year-olds, and around 640 among 45- to 59-year-olds For over 60-year-olds, this value is already around 430 and the trend is still increasing. “For a long time, the older population was not so affected by new infections, but it is now spilling over to these groups, so to speak,” says Filipp.
Flachgau quickly hits the 1,000 mark
In Flachgau, the seven-day incidence is approaching the 1,000 limit (952), liquid from Tennengau (846), Pongau with 708.9 and the city of Salzburg with 488.4. It is lowest in Pinzgau with 344.8 and in Lungau with 412.6. Only two of the 119 municipalities – Ramingstein and Tweng – do not have a single available case.
Dynamic infection process in Austria
At the federal state level, Salzburg overtook Upper Austria with 660.5 with a seven-day incidence of 661.8. Only Lower Austria, at 463.4, is just above the Austrian average of 430.1; the seven-day incidence is lowest in Vienna at 248.9.
Only 60.4 percent vaccinated
According to state statistics, the vaccination rate in the total population of Salzburg is only 60.4 percent as of yesterday (November 3rd) at 8:30 a.m. The goal of foregoing further measures would be 80 percent. The comparison between the districts shows clear differences. The vaccination rate is highest at 63.1 percent in Pinzgau, quickly from Pongau (62.6), Lungau (62.1), city of Salzburg (60.9) and Flachgau (59.7). Tennengau comes in last with 55.9 percent and is 7.2 percentage points behind Pinzgau.
(Source: SALZBURG24)