Greece struck a new negative record in the last 24 hours: 508 new coronavirus cases, health authorities announced on Friday evening. 8 more Covid-19 patients died in the same time. 99 people died in the time October 1-16, 2020.
The total cases have reached 24,450 and death toll 490.
Average daily deaths per week (last 7 days) were 7, health ministry spokesman Gkikas Majiorkinis said during the live briefing on Friday. The average in the week before was 4.7.
The active confirmed cases are 5,100 with 2,400 of them form “unknown contamination source.”
The active cases are estimated to be 20,000, Majiorkinis said, apparently referring to ‘unconfirmed cases.”
12 of the new cases were detected among tourists.
Attica is again on top of the list with 227 new cases.
Live Briefing
Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias said that the country experiences a “big pressure.” He spoke of a “stability in the number of cases” even though they surpassed 500 on Friday, striking an all times negative record since the outbreak in Greece in late February.
Hardalias warned residents in the Regional Unit of Ioannina, Epirus, that “they would be next with a lockdown like in Kozani.”
Both Majiorkinis and Hardalias stressed that “Greece is in better situation than other European countries.” However, the comparision could not clam down social media user who now lash out at “governmental failure policies” including the opening of borders in the summer, practically without the necessary precautions.
Lockdown in Kozani
Health authorities and the Civil Protection placed the Regional Unit of Kozani in lockdown, the first in the second wave of the pandemic in Greece. The lockdown went in force on October 16 and is valid until October 29, 2020. More details about the measures during the lockdown in Kozani here.
COVID-19 MAP
Greek authorities launched an interactive COVID-19 MAP, an online tool where citizens can check the imposed restrictions and measures as well as the risk level of each region across the country.
Official data October 16
According to the official daily bulletin on Friday, 3454 (14.1%) of the total coronavirus cases are related to travel abroad and 9893 (40.5%) are related to already known infection case.
55.6% of the infected are men.
The number of intubated patients in ICUs is 81 from 81 a day earlier. Their average age is 67, among them are 24 women. 93.9% have underlying health problems or are aged over 70.
255 people have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the pandemic in Greece.
Eight more deaths in the last 24 hours increased death toll to 490 Of the deceased 184 were women. The average age of the deceased was 79 and 96.3% of the deceased had an underlying condition or/and was over 70 years old.
Total tests since begin of outbreak are 1,508,460.
Tests in the last 24 hours: 19,247 with 2.64% of them positive. A good, normal number with less reason for concerns is when positive is below 2%.
Daily growth at +2.1%.
Geographical distribution October 16
Of the 508 new coronavirus cases, 64 are related to known clusters and 12 were detected at the country’s entry points.
Majority of new cases are recorded in Attica
12 of the new cases were detected at entry points; another 3 travelers already in the country sought laboratories after they developed symptoms.
The remaining cases are:
227 in Attica
63 Thessaloniki
24 Kozani
31 Ioannina
20 Kastoria
14 Larissa
9 Rhodes
Each 8 Magnisia, Serres
7 Achaia
Each 5 Evros, Heraklio, Kavala, Corfu, Trikala
Each 4 Pella
Each 3 Imathia, Messinia, Naxos, Chios
Each 2 Evia, Lesvos, Rodopi,
Each 1 Ilia, Argolida, Thesprotia, Kos, Corinth, kalymnos, Karditsa, Limnos, Milos, Mykonos, Preveza, Rethymno, Sporades, Florina, Fokida, Halkidiki, Chania
15 under investigation
