Greece’s health authorities announced 230 new coronavirus cases and 3 more deaths that occurred in the last 24 hours. According to a statement on Saturday evening, the total infections have increased to 6,858 and death toll climbed to 226.
Among the last three fatalities is one 82-year-old woman from the nursing home in Thessaloniki that now counts 4 deaths.
According to the detailed report of the National Health Care Organization EODY, one child aged 0-17 has been intubated. No further details have been made known, so far, apart that the child is a girl.
Among the new cases 41 were detected among travellers. Interesting that the number of those already in the country and develop symptoms is increasing.
Majority of the new cases were again detected in Thessaloniki(65).
Today, Friday, Greece announced a new series of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus that currently seems hard to get under control. The measures are imposed also to some touristic destinations.
In addition, extraordinary measures were imposed on the islands of Paros and Antiparos in the Cyclades.
The Regional Government of Attica announced that it will carry out random Covid-19 tests among holidaymakers arriving at the ports of Piraeus and Rafina on Sunday, August 16, the day where summer vacations end for many Greeks.
Map of infections
New Cases – Geographic distribution: August 15
The new 230 cases in the last 24 hours have been detected:
27 at the entry points in Greece.
14 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 30 regional units.
67 in Thessaloniki: 12 of them are related ot known cluster and 5 related to travel within the country
47 in Attica: 11 of them are related to travel within the country.
10 in Evros: 1 of them related to known cluster, 2 to travel inside the country.
9 n Corfu: they were in contact with confirmed case and known cluster
5 in Pella
4 in Heraklio
Each 3 in Drama, Ioannina, Cyclades, Magnisia, Halkidiki, Chania
Each 2 in Argolida, Kastoria, Kozani, Larissa
Each 1 in Evia, Zakynthos, Imathia, Thesprotia, Kavala, Karditsa, Kilkis, Messinia, Xanthi, Rethymno, Rodopi, Serres.
General information August 15
According to the Health Ministry statement on Saturday, the daily growth is 3.5%
55.1% of the total of infected are men.
Of the total coronavirus cases, 1,648 (24%) are related to travel abroad, 3,293 (48%) 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 211 from 122 last Saturday, August 8.
Number of patients intubated in ICUs increased to 23. Among them are 8 women. Average age of the intubated patients is 63.
47.8% of intubated patients had underlying health issues and age over 70 years.
136 patients have been discharged from the ICUs since the beginning of the outbreak.
Number of coronavirus-related deaths increased to 226 in last 24 hours.
Among the deceased were 78 women. The average age of the deceased was 77 with range age between 35 and 102.
95.6% had underlying health issues and/or were over 70 years old.
Tests
Total coronavirus tests since the beginning of the outbreak in February is 715,503. Of them 8,184 (1.1%) were positive – among them are several tests conducted to one patient.
Of 10,582 tests in the last 24 hours, 2.17% were positive.
More information on coronavirus in Greece here.
Until a vaccine is discovered the only way to get control of the spread of coronavirus is to stop all movement of people, send the tourists home and lock the country down again.
Hard I know…………,but it’s the only way
You are so smart discovered hot water. But it is impossible, no country will lock down ever again. People have to move, work, live somehow. You can’t lock people in homes, industry can’t stop again if we want to survive. It is necessary to educate people to follow all the measures, let them travel but with necessary test when they come back, obligatory test for tourists no matter from which country they arrived and I am sure virus can be kept under control. But lockdown- never again!