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With the backing of President Donald Trump, hundreds of people in several US cities protested Saturday against the exit restrictions imposed by the corona pandemic. Around 400 demonstrators gathered in Concord, the state capital of New Hampshire. There were about 200 in Annapolis, Maryland, and more than 250 in Austin, Texas.

In Concord, the demonstrators held up signs saying “The numbers lie” and shouted slogans like “Live free or die”. Several rally participants were armed and covered their faces.

The funeral of a mayor who died of Covid-19 caused a sensation in Italy. According to media, around 200 people were present at the celebration in Saviano near Naples, although there are strict curfews throughout the country and gatherings of people are prohibited.

Football champions Red Bull Salzburg are already gearing up for the start of training in small groups next week. Since Friday, the sports department around coach Jesse Marsch has been tested on the Covid-19. Almost 60 percent of the test results have already been evaluated, and there was no positive case. This was announced by the Bundesliga runners-up via Twitter.

The death toll increased to at least 100,501 on Saturday evening, according to a count by the AFP news agency:

Austrians will only have limited travel freedom for several months, but German vacationers may be able to come back in the country as early as summer. Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP) has brought the possibility of a corresponding bilateral agreement into play in the “Press am Sonntag”.

The tourism sector is pushing hard to open the borders for German vacationers. If the borders remain, “then tourism would be dead,” said tourism researcher Andreas Reiter of the “Kleine Zeitung”. Two thirds of the country’s tourism companies could not survive the absence of the most important group of guests, which generates more than half of the turnover.

Styria is the first federal state to have more than 100 coronavirus deaths. According to information from the State Medical Directorate on Saturday evening (as of 7:00 p.m.), two other people infected with the coronavirus have died. A total of 101 people died with or from Covid-19. 52 of them were men, 49 women.

The most recent deaths are two women (born in 1924 and 1930) from the Graz area. Most of the deaths in Styria are in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district with a total of 27 deceased.

In France, the number of corona deaths in hospitals and nursing homes increased by 642 victims to 19,323 within 24 hours.

With a virtual benefit concert, world stars like the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift want to help fight the corona pandemic and raise money for a WHO fund. The event “One World: Together at Home” can be seen today from 8:00 p.m. CEST as a multi-hour digital livestream on social media and at streaming providers. In the night to Sunday (from 2:00 a.m.CEST) there follows a two-hour global TV show, also on the network and on TV channels such as NBC and CBS. More than 100 greats from music, television and sports take part.

Croatia extends the exit restrictions due to the corona virus until May 4. People can only leave their places of residence with a special permit. The number of confirmed infections rose to 1832; 36 people died.

In the particularly severely affected US state of New York, the situation in the hospitals has eased somewhat. Governor Andrew Cuomo said the number of Covid 19 patients has been falling steadily in the past three days. In total, more than 226,000 people are infected and more than 16,000 died in the state with 19 million inhabitants.

Cuomo emphasized that significantly more tests were necessary before opening the New York economy. There are still bottlenecks in the test procedures.

The WHO raises the alarm: in the past week alone, the number of infected people on the African continent increased by 51 percent. And the number of unreported cases is likely to be high:

The US-Canada border will remain largely closed for another 30 days. “This is an important decision and one that protects people on both sides of the border,” said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Saturday. The aim is still to prevent unnecessary travel between the two countries and at the same time to ensure the circulation of important goods such as medical equipment and food.

Many Viennese used Saturday afternoons to enjoy nature and sun in the federal gardens. There were many walkers and runners in the Schönbrunn Palace Park and even in the Augarten – as the photo of a colleague shows – people enjoyed the warm spring day.

The Italian football association is pushing for an early resumption of Serie A. A restart could be possible between late May and early June, FIGC President Gabriele Gravina told Rai.

In Salzburg, the number of new infections detected remains at a low level. In the past 24 hours (as of 5 p.m.), the country only reported seven other cases. However, the number of deaths related to Covid-19 has increased to 29. The death of an 83-year-old man in a retirement home was reported to the health authorities on Friday evening.

At the moment, a good third of the deaths in the state – exactly eleven – are due to residents of senior homes.