Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday 639 new coronavirus cases and 62 deaths in the past 24 hours. 558 Covid-19 patients are intubated in hospitals across the country.
Death toll has reached 3,687 and the total cases stand at 125,173.
It is the second consecutive day, where the new confirmed daily cases are a little over 600, but this has probably also to do with the much fewer tests due to the weekend, some 10,000 less than in normal workdays.
Over the weekend, test positivity is between 7.8% and 8.9%.
Official data December 14
According to the official daily bulletin on Μonday, 5126(4.1%) of the total coronavirus cases are related to travel abroad and 35741 (28.6%) are related to already known infection case.
The remaining infections are without known source.
52.6% of the infected are men.
The number of intubated patients in ICUs stands at 558 from 552 a day earlier. Their average age is 66, among them are 166 women. 77.2% have underlying health problems or are aged over 70.
The number of intubated Covid-19 patients hardly surpasses 600 due to the capacity in the country’s hospitals.
732 people have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the pandemic in Greece.
Another 62 deaths in the last 24 hours increased death toll to 3687. Of the deceased 1475 (40%) were women. The average age of the deceased was 79 and 95.7% of the deceased had an underlying condition or/and was over 70 years old.
Rolling weekly average cases at 1216 from 1639 last week.
Total tests since begin of the outbreak are …
Tests in the last 24 hours: 7,178 with 8.9% οf them positive. A good, normal number with less reason for concerns is when positive is below 2%.
Daily growth at +0.5%
Geographical distribution December 14
Of the 639 new coronavirus cases, 15 were detected at the country’s entry points.
15 of the new cases were detected at entry points; another 2 travelers already in the country sought laboratories after they developed symptoms.
The remaining cases are:
184 Attica
163 Thessaloniki
10 under investigation
27 Kozani 24 Magninia 22 Imathia
19 Larissa 17 Drama
Each 15 Evros, Rodopi
Each 9 Karditsa, Lasithi
Each 8 Xanthi, Pieria
Each 7 Achaia, Grevena, Kavala, Pella Fthiotida
6 Serres
Each 5 Heraklio, Lesvos
Each 4 Evia, Ebrytania
Each 3 Aitoloakarnania, Kastoria, Corinth, Chios, Chania
Each 2 Argolida, Arta, Ilia, Ioannina, Kilkis, Trikala, Florina
Each 1 Viotia, Thasos, Kalymnos, Messinia
Maps of last 2 days in comparison:
Map of infections per 100,000 people in the last 14 days, according to regional units – based on infected permanent or temporary residence – more charts here.
More information on coronavirus in Greece here.
