11,971 new infections reported in Austria on Thursday – coronavirus

11,971 new corona infections were reported by the Ministry of the Interior and Health on Thursday, which is below the seven-day average, which has now risen to 10,170. There was a clear jump in the positive rate of the PCR tests, which was 19.5 percent and was thus well above the weekly average of 10.1. The nine other deaths are also above the daily average. The number of hospital patients exceeded 1,000 for the first time.