New coronavirus infections rose in Greece again after health authorities increased the usual number of tests following decreased testing over Christmas holidays Dec 24-27/28. Authorities announced on Tuesday evening, 1,047 new coronavirus cases and 58 deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 458.
Death toll has reached 4,730 and the total cases stand at 136,976.
Live Briefing
At the live briefing on Tuesday,health experts said that there are currently 8,500 active cases across the country.
Regarding the vaccinations roll out, they said that “general immunity” will be achieved when over 50% of the population has inoculated.
Areas with high epidemiological load
Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias said that 8 areas continue to have high epidemiological load despite the lockdown.
These areas are:
*Florina
*Keratsini, Drapetsona, Peristeri, Ilion, Acharnes, Zefyri in Piraeus and west Athens
*Kalymnos (island)
He announced the extension of the stricter lockdown restrictions in the municipalities of Elefsina and Aspropoyrgos in western Attica and the municipalities in the Regional Unit of Kozani (Kozani, Eordia, Voio) until January 6, 2021.
The stricter lockdown is lifted in the municipalities of Mandra (West Attica), Servia and Velvedo (Kozani). Bote that the general lockdown as throughout the country remain in force also in these areas.
Official data December 29
According to the official daily bulletin on Tuesday, 5380(3.9%) of the total coronavirus cases are related to travel abroad and 40566 (29.6%) are related to already known infection case.
The remaining infections are without known source.
52.3% of the infected are men.
The number of intubated patients in ICUs stands at 458 from 467 a day earlier. Their average age is 67, among them are 140 women. 80.1% have underlying health problems or are aged over 70.
877 people have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the pandemic in Greece.
Another 58 deaths in the last 24 hours increased death toll to 4730. Of the deceased 1923 (40.7%) were women. The average age of the deceased was 79 and 95.5% of the deceased had an underlying condition or/and was over 70 years old.
Rolling weekly average cases at 651 from 876 last week.
Total tests since begin of the outbreak are 2775021 PCR and 540529 Rapid Ag tests
Tests in the last 24 hours: 15,491.
Positivity PCR+Rapid tests: 3.28%
Daily growth at +0.8%
Geographical distribution December 29
Of the 1047 new coronavirus cases, 16 were detected at the country’s entry points.
Table below:
Region – new infections – Average 7 days – Infections/100,000 population
16 of the new cases were detected at entry points; another 4 travelers already in the country sought laboratories after they developed symptoms.
The remaining cases are:
327 Attica of them 98 in downtown Athens, 53 in West Attica
197 Thessaloniki
3 under investigation
52 Kozani 50 Larissa,
37 Evros, 34 Kilkis 30 Rodopi
23 Kavala 21 Magnisia
Each 20 Xanthi, Florina
18 Serres 17 Imathia
13 Pieria 12 Viotia
Each 10 Achaia, Kalymnos, Corinth, Trikala
Each 9 Aitoloakarnania, Argolida, Drama
8 Pella
Each 6 Karditsa, Fthiotida, Halkidiki, Chania
Each 5 Evia, Ilia
Each 4 Thasos
Each 3 Corfu
Each 2 Grevena, Kastoria, Messinia, Chios
Each 1 Arcadia, Heraklio, Ioannina, Kythnos/Kea, Lakonia, Rhodes, Syros
MAPs
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.
> Positivity PCR+Rapid tests: 3.28%
False positivity rate for tests is above 5%. So even with zero infections, we would get similar number of positive cases.