Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday evening 1,402 new coronavirus cases and 56 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated patients has decreased further to 647.
Again PCR and Rapid tests were thousands less than the average due to the weekend.
Daily infections
Daily death (pink) and intubations (blue)
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Vaccinations
Stand May 15, 2021:
Partially vaccinated: 2,826,552
Fully vaccinated: 1,626,363 (15,2% of population)
Vaccinations tracker per region here.
Official coronavirus data, May 17
Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 5,352 Rapid tests 17,976
Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 6.01%
Rt: 0.86 from 0.96 last week
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 378,485 infections (daily change: +0.4%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 38 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2324 to other confirmed cases.
51.2% of the infected are men.
There are 56 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 11,471. Of these, 95.5% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
A total of 647 Covid-patients -from 656 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 67 years. 62.6% are men. 83% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.
2,287 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
318 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: +10.8%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 313.
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).
Geographic distribution May 17
Of the 1402 new cases, 4 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 0 among travelers already in the country.
The remaining cases are:
687 Attica
134 Thessaloniki
55 Aitoloakarnania
47 Achaia 42 Heraklio
41 Larissa
35 Magnisia
21 Corinth 20 Viotia
15 Fthiotida
Each 14 Kilki, Chania
Each 13 Imathia, Rethymno
Each 11 Ioannina, Kalymnos
Each 10 Evros, Corfu
Each 9 Kozani, Pieria
Each 8 Arkadia, Trikala
Each 7 Kastoria, Xanthi, HAlkidiki
Each 5 Drama, Karditsa, Lesvos, Preveza
Each 4 Argolida, Kos, Rhodes, Andros, Thira, NAxos, Lasithi, Pella, Rodopi, Serres, Chios
Each 3 Grevena, Ilia, Thesprotia, Tinos, Lakonia
Each 2 Arta, Kavala
Each 1 Evrytania, Kefalonia, Kea/Kythnos, Paros, Lefkada, Limnos, Messinia, Samos, Flotina, Fokida
Lowest PCR tests since January……..
15-25% PCR positivity, but total numbers have a downward tendency.