Greece hit a new negative record on Sunday as the number of intubated Covid-19 patients increased to 841. Health authorities announced on Sunday evening 1,829 new coronavirus cases confirmed in the past 24, however with a few thousands fewer tests due to the weekend.
PRC tests: 7,690 (positivity 22.3%)
Rapid tests: 17,479 (positivity 1.66%)
PCR & RAPID tests positivity: 7,25%
Greece has confirmed 315,273 infections from the start of the pandemic (daily change: +0.6 pct). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 57 infections are related to travel from abroad and 3,374 to other confirmed cases.
There are also 65 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 9,462. Of these, 95.5 pct had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
A total of 841 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 68 years and 85.5% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.
1,941 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
In addition, 495 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours, a drop of 2.37 pct from the previous day. The average number of admissions with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 519.
The median age of new infections is 44 years (range: 0.2 to 106 years), while the median age of the deceased is 79 (range: 0.2 to 106 years).
Georgraphic distribution April 18
Of the 1829 new cases, 3 were detected at the entrance gates.
The remaining cases were:
917 Attica
225 Thessaloniki
Aitoloakarnania 11
Argolida 17 Arcadia 13 Arta 1
Achaia 68
Viotia 20 Grevena 2 Drama 11
Evros 12 Evia 15 Evrytania 1
Zakynthos 4 Ilia 8 Imathia 3
Heraklio 35 Thassos 5 Ioannina 24
Kavala 36 Kalymnos 10 Karditsa 8
Kastoria 20 Corfu 7 Kefalonia 2
Kilkis 9 Kozani 29 Corinth 20
Kos 5 Lakonia 4 Larissa 49
Lasithi 2 Lesvos 1
Magnisia 20 Messinia 2 Mykonos 3
Naxos 1 Islands (Aronic Gulf)4
Xanthis 20 Pella 11 Pieria 8
Preveza 1 Rethymno 13
Rodopi 5 Rhodes 13
Samos 4 Serres 21
Tinos 1 Trikala 18
Fthiotida 20 Florina 2 Fokida 1
Halkidiki 8
Chania 12 Chios 9
Under investigation: 35
