Corona in Austria: Briefly announces the strongest increase in numbers since March - tourist magnet particularly affected

In Austria, the corona situation has become more precarious.

The number of new coronavirus infections is of particular concern.

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• Coronavirus pandemic:

  In

  Austria

  the

  corona numbers

  are increasing

  constantly.

• The

  Corona traffic light

  * is supposed to help, but the current figures are "too much for the republic," explains the Austrian federal government.

• A

  first decision has been made for

  the

  ski areas like St. Anton, Ischgl and Sölden

  with a view to

  Covid-19

  (

  see update from September 8th, 6.15 p.m.

  ).

• We have

   summarized

  basic

  facts about the coronavirus

  *

  for you 

  .

  We also offer you the current number of cases in

  Germany

  as well as global developments

  on a map 

  .

Update from September 10, 1:08 p.m

.: On September 9, Austria recorded the strongest increase in

with the

since March.

This emerges from the corona dashboard of the Austrian Ministry of Health.

As the Austrian Ministry of the Interior under

, there were

new corona cases - more than half of them in the federal capital

.

The newly introduced

in the country

could be for

according to

Therefore,

Lower Austria's VP-Governor

will soon

switch

from green to

.

The reports the Austrian portal

.

Currently

in Austria are in hospital treatment due to the corona virus and

of them are in

.

Meanwhile, travel warnings for Europe have been expanded.

The Federal Foreign Office is reacting to the rapidly increasing number of infections.

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Vienna is recording a sharp increase in new corona infections.

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Coronavirus in Austria: Bitter decision on ski areas has been made - the next region is threatened with tightening

Update from September 9th, 11.12 a.m.:

On the

in

, four regions are currently on yellow

the second highest of four warning levels.

Soon there could be more.

The so-called Corona Commission will

meet

again

on Thursday in

.

In the run-up to the meeting, a dispute about the future classification has broken out.

Experts were concerned about the development, "especially in the cities," it says in the

The

could

soon be darker

, it is said.

According to experts, at least ten districts should be switched to yellow.

Some city councilors are said to be calling for

But one does not want to risk a "new party-political clinch", it says in the report.

Meanwhile, the first case of African swine fever has been confirmed in Germany.

Update from September 8th, 6.15 p.m.:

In the

*,

not well known

as a

throughout Europe

.

The

focus was on the

Mecca of many winter sports and

.

With a view to the coming ski season, which

usually begins in October

on the

, the question

remains

what is possible.

And what not.

The

now provided the first answers

during a visit abroad in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Corona pandemic in Austria: Sebastian Kurz wants to keep ski areas between Vorarlberg and Tyrol open

"We have to try to lead as normal a life as possible in all areas of our life", said Kurz according to the Austria Press Agency (APA): "Winter tourism and skiing will be possible."

According to the Austrian head of government,

tourism is a major

and is even more important in some federal states: "This is about a lot of jobs."

They will “do everything” so that

with a view to

will be “safely possible” this year.

With one caveat, however:

will “not be available like this” in the coming season, continued the Chancellor from

. 

- well-known ski areas between

and

usually attract many thousands of après-ski fans and winter sports tourists from

every year precisely because of this benefit.

Corona virus in Austria: new corona infections are increasing rapidly - Anschober announces analysis

Update September 8, 17:45:

The

rising daily: According to statistics from the Austrian Ministry of Health came to early Tuesday evening, Booth 17:00,

in the Alpine republic should - at least the ones were reported.

Update #Coronavirus 30,098 people tested positive.

# Covid19 Detailed information at https://t.co/6DZko67co0

- Ministry of Health (@bmsgpk) September 8, 2020

According to the news portal oe24.at,

now announced an analysis of the latest peak in the number of infections.

The question to be clarified is whether it is an "explainable peak - after longer stability - or a rising trend".

Corona pandemic in Austria: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz - "Please don't throw away your mask"

First report from September 8th:

seemed

to get

the

under control.

As a reaction to the falling number of cases,

southernmost neighbor relaxed

accordingly after the spring.

For example, the mandatory wearing of

largely been abolished.

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Currently in focus: Austria's Federal Government around Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens, 1st from right) and Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP, 2nd from right)

© Helmut Fohringer / APA / dpa

In

June, however,

asked “please don't throw the mask away”, because it will still be needed.

The

should be proved right.

Since Monday (September 7th), the

relying on tougher measures in the course of the introduced Corona traffic light.

A look at the current infection numbers shows that this is understandable.

Corona in Austria: "That is too much for the republic"

According to official information from the Austrian Ministry of Health, the number of

people suffering from

rose

to 29,573.

Accordingly, there are currently 3,527 active

This development is worrying, because at the end of June there were around 400.

Update #Coronavirus 29,573 people tested positive.

# Covid19 Detailed information at https://t.co/6DZko67co0

- Ministry of Health (@bmsgpk) September 7, 2020

The number of infections in Europe has been increasing since the end of July - including Austria.

The daily new infections have been almost always above the 300 mark since mid-August - apart from the weekends.

On Monday, the federal agency spoke of 481 new

.

Although this does not yet correspond to the

in March, when a constant 800 new cases (on March 26th even 1,063) were added, the authorities are still concerned.

Anything over 100 new infections "is too much for the republic", says Christoph Wenisch, head of the infection department of the Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital in

, opposite oe24.at.

Corona in Austria: dubious development - everything under control?

Despite these worrying tones,

seems to be

the situation at the moment.

It is currently possible to dismiss the health system.

Of the more than 3,500 active

, only 29 patients need to be treated in the intensive care unit.

This is due, on the one hand, to advances in treatment and, on the other, to the fact that younger people are currently becoming more and more infected.

In this age group, the disease often takes a milder course.

Accordingly, there are hardly any new deaths at the moment.

A total of 16

added

since August 1

.

The death toll is 729, of which 57 percent are male.

All in all, it is important for the

to closely monitor

current developments in

.

Is

the

developing

into a

?

Or is the current situation rather similar to that in other countries such as

comparable?

At the moment, many things indicate the latter, because

returnees still make up a large proportion of new infections

in

.

In order for it to stay that way, the number of infections should decrease soon.

Corona in Austria: Unexpected financial support from US President Donald Trump

Meanwhile, there is

unexpected help from Donald Trump *

for around 100

.

Because

checks signed

by the

to combat the economic consequences of the

have now surprisingly

landed

with a number of

.

According to the ORF, more than 100 such checks for 1200 dollars each (around 1000 euros) have now been cashed at banks.

The reason for the cash blessing could be a data breach with the American authorities.

The

had sent checks to countless people, intended as help in the Corona crisis *.

Incidentally, payments to more than a million deaths were mistakenly made.

Apparently the Ministry of Finance and the tax authorities had not compared their data with the deceased reports from the social security authorities before sending the aid checks.

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