Augsburg is one of the big corona hotspots in Bavaria.
Therefore, the city went into lockdown before November 2nd.
Nevertheless, the number of infections continues to rise.
Despite the lockdown, the number of infections in Augsburg * continues to rise.
Now the Free State has promised further financial aid to municipal companies.
The municipal health department receives additional support from the Bundeswehr.
Augsburg
- The corona
virus
* is
raging in the Swabian district capital
.
The number of
infections in Augsburg has been
consistently high
for weeks
.
In addition to
Rosenheim
and the districts of
Berchtesgadener Land
and
Rottal-Inn
, the Fugger city was one of the first
corona hotspots in Bavaria
.
That was also the reason why they went into
partial lockdown
here before November 2nd
.
Coronavirus in Augsburg: Extra financial aid for the city
Just one day after
Prime Minister Markus Söder
(CSU) presented the
partial lockdown
with its strict rules for the Free State, this was implemented in
Augsburg
on October 30th.
Mayor
Eva Weber
(CSU) did not want to wait for the weekend.
At this point in time, the
seven-day incidence
* was still 223. It has now risen again by more than 100 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Currently (as of November 11) the value is 324.8.
The cases that tested positive increased by 109.
There were
968 new infections
in the past seven days.
The #StadtAugsburg reports 109 new Covid-19 cases.
In the past 7 days, 968 new # coronavirus infections were reported in #Augsburg.
This corresponds to about 324.8 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
More at: https://t.co/Ks9xGqcZvB pic.twitter.com/k4GZxsxREd
- City of Augsburg (@stadtaugsburg) November 11, 2020
In order
to help
the particularly affected
Corona *
hotspots
, the cabinet decided on Tuesday to increase
financial aid
for the districts of Berchtesgadener Land and Rottal-Inn as well as for the cities of Augsburg * and Rosenheim by another 50 million euros.
The money should help companies and self-employed people to get through this difficult phase.
This is an important sign that the regions are not being left alone with their problems, said
Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger
(Free Voters) after the cabinet meeting in Munich.
Companies will only receive the financial injection if they have already successfully
applied for
lockdown aid from the federal government
.
Coronavirus in Augsburg: The Federal Armed Forces support the health department
In order
to relieve
the employees in the municipal
health department
a little, the
Bundeswehr
has recently been helping out
there.
30 soldiers were assigned to support.
Among other things, they should
track chains of
infection
and
identify contact persons
.
80 employees from other municipal departments were also transferred to the
health
department to
cope
with the high workload, the city writes on Twitter.
In addition, another ten police officers * are deployed in the municipal
health
department.
(tel / dpa)
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