Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday evening 526 new coronavirus cases and 85 deaths in the past 24 hours. 505 Covid-19 patients are intubated in hospitals across the country.
Death toll has reached 4,257 and the total cases stand at 131,597.
Just a few tests below 5,000 were carried out in the last 24 hours due to Sunday, therefore, one has to see the new cases on Tuesday, where normally the number of new infections are “corrected.”
Even if the number of intubations and new infections decrease in the last few days, the number of deaths remain high.
Official data December 21
According to the official daily bulletin on Monday, 5229(4.0%) of the total coronavirus cases are related to travel abroad and 38481 (29.2%) are related to already known infection case.
The remaining infections are without known source.
52.5% of the infected are men.
The number of intubated patients in ICUs stands at 505 from 515 a day earlier. Their average age is 67, among them are 164 women. 77.4% have underlying health problems or are aged over 70.
812 people have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the pandemic in Greece.
Another 85 deaths in the last 24 hours increased death toll to 4257. Of the deceased 1717 (40.3%) 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 931 from 1216 last week.
Total tests since begin of the outbreak are 2687812 and 447348 Rapid Ag tests
Tests in the last 24 hours: 4,966 with 10.59% οf them positive. A good, normal number with less reason for concerns is when positive is below 2%.
Rapid tests in 24 hours:6,895 with 4.4% positive.
Daily growth at +0.4%
Geographical distribution December 21
Of the 526 new coronavirus cases, 14 were detected at the country’s entry points.
Table below:
Region – new infections – Average 7 days – Infections/100,000 population
14 of the new cases were detected at entry points; another 6 travelers already in the country sought laboratories after they developed symptoms.
The remaining cases are:
134 Attica
118 Thessaloniki
1 under investigation
26 Kozani 19 Xanthi 17 Trikala
Each 15 Evros, Imathia
Each 14 Viotia, Kavala
11 Rodopi
Each 10 Larissa, Serres
9 Kilkis 8 Drama
Each 7 Ioannina, KArditsa, Magnisia
Each 6 Evia, Pieria
Each 5 Messinia, Fthiotida
Each 4 Arcadia, Rhodes
Each 3 Evrytania, Heraklio, Lesvos
Each 2 Aitoloakarnania, Corfu, Corinth, Lakonia, Preveza, Florina, Chania
Each 1 Argolida, Kos, Kastoria, Kefalonia, Limnos, Chios
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. Added on Dec 16 also charts about infections according to regions
More information on coronavirus in Greece here.
