Greece’s health authorities announced on Sunday, 390 new coronavirus cases and 36 more deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 421.
Death toll has reached 4,957 and the total cases stand at 140,099.
It is the first time since Nov 14, that the number of daily deaths fell below 40.
The mutated Covid-19 strain was detected in travelers who came to Greece from UK.
On Sunday, Greece entered a stricter lockdown until January 11. See details here.
Official data January 3
According to the official daily bulletin on Sunday, 5463(3.9%) of the total coronavirus cases are related to travel abroad and 41926 (29.9%) 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 421 from 431 a day earlier. Their average age is 67, among them are 282 (67%) men. 79.8% have underlying health problems or are aged over 70.
897 people have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the pandemic in Greece.
Another 36 deaths in the last 24 hours increased death toll to 4957. Of the deceased 2.938 (59.3%) were men. 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 664 from 630 last week.
Total tests since begin of the outbreak are 2825227 PCR and 599292 Rapid Ag tests
Tests in the last 24 hours: 4,366.
Positivity PCR+Rapid tests: 4.59%
Rt: 0.71
Daily growth at +0.3%
Geographical distribution January 3
Of the 390 new coronavirus cases, 3 were detected at the country’s entry points.
3 of the new cases were detected at entry points, 3 more travelers were already in the country.
The remaining cases are:
125 Attica
78 Thessaloniki
19 Larissa 15 Achaia 13 Viotia
12 Evros 10 Rodopi
Each 9 Kozani, Serres,
Each 8 Pella, Pieria, Halkidiki
Each 6 Aitoloakarnania, Magnisia
Each 5 Kavala,Drama, Evia, Imathia, Lesvos
Each 4 Argolida, Ioannina, Kilkis
Each 3 Arcadia, Lasithi, Fthiotida
Each 2 Zakynthos, Heraklio
Each 1 Heraklio, Grevena, Ilia, KArditsa, Corfu, Kea/Kythnos, Lakonia, Xanthi, Florina
MAP
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 are also charts about infections according to regions
More information on coronavirus in Greece here.
