With 262 new confirmed coronavirus cases, Greece recorded a dramatic increase in the last 24 hours. Health authorities announced on Wednesday evening that the total infections have increased to 6,177 and death toll climbed to 216, after two patients passed away.
Infections rose to 1,747 since August 1.
There were slightly more tests carried out in the last 24 hours, but the number, 1,000 more, is not so high to justify the “explosion” of new cases.
Majority of the new cases are in Thessaloniki (85), followed by Attica with 66, among travelers were 29 cases.
New Cases – Geographic distribution: August 12
The new 262 cases in the last 24 hours have been detected:
22 at the entry points in Greece.
7 are travelers in Greece who fell ill and sought health facilities to undergo a test that turned positive.
The remaining new cases are spread across the country in over 29 regional units and almost all units in northern Greece.
85 in Thessaloniki: 36 of them are related to the cluster of the nursing home.
66 in Attica: 14 of them linked to travel inside the country.
11 in Magnisia: 7 of them related to clusters
8 in Halkidiki
Each 7 in Xanthi, and Pella
Each 5 in Larissa, PIeria and Serres
4 in Florina
Each 3 in Imathia, Kastoria, Lakonia, Cyclades
Each 2 in Arkadia and Heraklio
Each 1 in Aitoloakarnania, Grevena, Drama, Evia, Ilia, Kozani, Corfu, Kefalonia, Kilkis, Corinth, Evros, Lasithi, Preveza, Trikala.
Among the new cases is a Greek football player and his bride, the couple came to Greece from abroad and got married at the City Hall of a town in Evros prefecture.
General information August 12
According to the Health Ministry statement on Wednesday, the daily growth is 4.4%
54.8% of the total of infected are men.
Of the total coronavirus cases, 1,528 (24.7%) are related to travel abroad, 3,002 (48.6%) are related to an already known case. The rest are cases not related to travel or another known case or are still under investigation.
Average age of the infected in 49 with age range between 0 and 102.
The rolling average number of infections in the last 7 days is 178 from 93 last Wednesday, August 5.
Number of patients intubated in ICUs deacreased to 24 from 26 a day earlier. Among them are 8 women. Average age of the intubated patients is 63.
54.2% of intubated patients had underlying health issues and age over 70 years.
Among the intubated are two doctors in Larisa: a 27-year-old intern and a 58-year-old children doctor who was transferred from Volos.
132 patients have been discharged from the ICUs since the beginning of the outbreak.
Number of coronavirus-related deaths increased to 216 in last 24 hours.
Among the deceased were 73 women. The average age of the deceased was 76 with range age between 35 and 102.
95.8% had underlying health issues and/or were over 70 years old.
Tests
Total coronavirus tests since the beginning of the outbreak in February is 679,785. Of them 7,616 (1.12%) were positive – among them are several tests conducted to one patient.
Of 11,136 tests in the last 24 hours, 2.36% were positive.
More information on coronavirus in Greece here.
Terrible news so many new cases my thoughts are with all of those with coronavirus.
Is the government going to put Greece into lockdown again, after all earlier in the year when there were fewer new cases daily, Greece was locked down.
The government insisted that the health of the country was paramount, now that money is been made again, has the concern of the health of the nation took second place.
If the government decides not to lockdown the country again then so be it.
If that is the case why did we have a lockdown earlier in the year.