Austria has recorded 1,209 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, clearly surpassing the previous record set in March during the first wave of infections, data sent by the Interior Ministry showed.

Daily cases have been rising since late June and had recently come close to the March 26 record of 1,050, according to an online dashboard by Austria's main public health body, the Agency for Health and Food Safety. Of the new cases, more than half — 613 — were in Vienna.