| COVID-19 pandemic in Austria |
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Rolling 7-day prevalence by district (per 100k)
Timeline of cumulative cases, per 100k |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
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| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
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| Location | Austria |
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| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
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| Index case | Ischgl |
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| Arrival date | 8 February 2020
(4 years, 9 months and 3 days ago) |
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| Confirmed cases | 6,082,860[1] |
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| Active cases | 22,331[2] |
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| Recovered | 589,534[2] |
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Deaths | 22,534[1] |
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| Fatality rate | 1.65% |
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| Vaccinations | - 6,899,873[1] (total vaccinated)
- 6,683,263[1] (fully vaccinated)
- 20,468,732[1] (doses administered)
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| Ministry of the Interior (in German) |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Austria was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In Austria, a pair of cases were confirmed on 25 February 2020. The cases involved a 24-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman who were travelling from Lombardy, Italy, and were treated at a hospital in Innsbruck.[3][4][5][6] According to new figures released by Austrian authorities on 23 June, the first case in the country was recorded in Ischgl, Tyrol on 8 February.[7]
As of 4 February 2023, a total of 20,369,447 vaccine doses have been administered.[8]
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- ^ Helen Regan; Adam Renton; Meg Wagner; Mike Hayes; Veronica Rocha (25 February 2020). "Austria's 2 coronavirus cases are Italian citizens". CNN. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Eintragungsfehler: "Patient 0" in Ischgl nun doch schon im Februar". Tiroler Tageszeitung (in German). 23 June 2020. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Austria: WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard With Vaccination Data". covid19.who.int. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2023.