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- Austria entered its fourth general lockdown on Monday, November 22.
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The coronavirus is shaping our lives. Here’s what happened in regards to COVID-19 in Austria in the week of December 6-12, 2021.
Week 49
December 11 / 12
News From Austria
- Although case numbers have continued to decline after the imposition of a nation-wide lockdown during the past four weeks, the Austrian COVID Commission fears an imminent resurgence of the pandemic due to the highly infectious Omicron variant.
- The commission, composed of medical experts as well as representatives of the federal and regional governments, expect only a “brief respite”.
- They project an important impact of the Omicron variant by mid-January.
- As on the last weekends, there will be numerous protests in Vienna this Saturday against the ongoing lockdown as well as against the planned vaccine mandate.
- At the same time, the country is preparing to re-open restaurants, retail and public life.
- In all of Austria, the lockdown will end on December 12 for vaccinated citizens.
- On that day, shops, stores and services can open across the country.
- In Vienna, restaurants, bars and and cultural institutions will reopen starting on December 20.
- Special hygiene requirements will apply to indoor cultural and sport activities.
- For the moment, night clubs will remain closed.
- Christmas markets will also reopen on December 12.
- For those who are unvaccinated and not recovered, the lockdown will continue pending further notice.
- Wearing an FFP2 mask as well as showing the green pass will be mandatory in most places.
- Austrian ministries reported 4,460 new infections in the last 24 hours.
- The 7-day-incidence stands at 382 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
| Active cases | Hospitalized | In intensive care (ICU) | Deaths | |
| Total | 73,690 | 2,557 | 573 | 13,143 |
| Daily change | -4,891 | -151 | -25 | +67 |
| In percent | -6.2% | -5.6% | -4.2% | +0.5% |
| Daily Tests | Recovered | Tested Positive | |
| Total | 320,656 | 1,138,722 | 1,225,555 |
| Daily change | -138,445 | +9,284 | +4,460 |
| In percent | -30.2% | +0.8% | +0.4% |
| Vaccinations | |
| Total vaccine jabs given | 15,056,198 |
| – daily change | +152,290 |
| Number of people who got at least their 1st vaccine jab | 6,459,157 |
| – in percentage of the population | 72.31% |
| – in percentage of the eligible population (aged 5+) | 76% |
| People fully immunized (valid vaccination certificate) | 6,099,258 |
| – in percentage of the population | 68.28% |
| – in percentage of the eligible population (aged 5+) | 71.77% |
| Number of people who got the booster shot | 2,774,441 |
| – in percentage of the population | 31.1% |
Source: Austrian Ministry of Health, December 11, 2021
