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New record as 121 people die in 24 hours; 1747 new coronavirus cases

Daily deaths in Greece broke a new record on Saturday after 121 Covid-19 patients died in 24 hours. Health authorities announced also 1,747 new coronavirus cases, while intubated patients are 606.

Death toll has reached 2,223 and the total cases 103,034.

According to euromomo.eu, Greece shows a moderate increase in daily deaths.

At the live briefing on Friday, Greek Health authorities said that there were 25,000 active cases across the country. 1/4 of 4,500 hospitalizations were in Thessaloniki.

In the next two weeks they would expect 1,600 hospitalizations and of those 250 patients would need treatment in ICU.

The government is putting a price cap on Covid-19 tests, molecular PCR and Rapid Test.

Official data November 28

According to the official daily bulletin on Friday, 4867(4.7%) of the total coronavirus cases are related to travel abroad and 27199 (26.4%) are related to already known infection case.

The remaining infections are without known source.

53.0% of the infected are men.

The number of intubated patients in ICUs is 606 from 607 a day earlier. Their average age is 65, among them are 171 women. 78.5% have underlying health problems or are aged over 70.

557 people have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the pandemic in Greece.

121 more deaths in the last 24 hours increased death toll to 2223. Of the deceased 891 were women. The average age of the deceased was 80 and 96.8% of the deceased had an underlying condition or/and was over 70 years old.

Rolling weekly average cases at 1850 from 2521 last week.

Total tests since begin of outbreak are 2,311,870

Tests in the last 24 hours: 21,112 with 8.27% of them positive. A good, normal number with less reason for concerns is when positive is below 2%.

Daily growth at +1.7%

Geographical distribution November 28

Of the 1747 new coronavirus cases, 2 were detected at the country’s entry points.

2 of the new cases were detected at entry points; another 0 travelers already in the country sought laboratories after they developed symptoms.

The remaining cases are:

273 Attica

486 Thessaloniki

11 under investigation

90 Pieria 79 Larissa 73 Pella

66 Serres 58 Magnisia 57 Drama

56 Imathia 54 Kozani 45 Xanthi

32 Halkidiki 30 Aitoloakarnania

Each 27 Achaia, Kavala

24 Lesvos 23 Kilkis

Each 20 Karditsa, Fthiotida

18 Heraklio 17 Viotia

13 Grevena, 12 Evros 11 Florina

10 Evrytania

Each 9 Rodopi, Trikala, Chania

Each 8 Arkadia, Ilia, Kastoria

Each 4 Ioannina, Messinia, Rethymno, Chios

Each 3 Arta, Kos, Lakonia

Each 2 Preveza

Each 1 Kefalonia, Thesprotia, Corinth, Thira, Samos, Fokida

Maps in comparison: November 28, 27

 

Map of infections per 100,000 people in the last ten days, according to regional units – based on infected permanent or temporary residence –  more charts here.

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