Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday evening 1,919 new coronavirus cases and 54 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients stands at 626.
Covid-19 Variants
According to latest analysis of 1,064 selected samples investigated April 9 – May 9, 2021 a total of 755 were strains of Variants of Concern – VOC and 233 strains of Variants Under Investigation – VUI.
Of the 755 samples, 751 refer to B.1.1.7/UK lineage (Variant VOC 202012/01) and 4 to B.1.351/501Y.V2/South Africa (Variant VOC 202012/02).
The 233 with strains VUI refer to B.1.1.318 (Variant E484K).
More over, 2 samples had strain C.36 (Variant Under Monitoring) and 1 strain B.1.1.451.
More information (in Greek) here.
Vaccinations
Stand May 17, 2021:
Partially vaccinated: 2,826,552
Fully vaccinated: 1,626,363 (15,2% of population)
Vaccinations tracker per region here.
Official coronavirus data, May 20
Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 16,349 Rapid tests 40,174
Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 3.39%
Rt: 0.86 from 0.86 last week
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 385,444 infections (daily change: +0.5%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 28 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2157 to other confirmed cases.
51.2% of the infected are men.
There are 54 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 11,641. Of these, 95.5% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
A total of 626 Covid-patients -from 642 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 67 years. 61.8% are men. 82.7% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.
2,314 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
295 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -3.28%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 317.
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 20
Of the 1918 new cases, 4 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 1 among travelers already in the country.
The remaining cases are:
990 Attica
142 Thessaloniki
73 Aitoloakarnania
60 Larissa
52 Heraklio
47 Achaia 45 Ioannina
Each 28 Viotia, Magnisia
27 Corfu 26 Evia
22 Lesvos 20 Imathia
19 Chania 18 Rethymno
17 Kavala 16 Pella
14 Kilkis
Each 12 Corinth, Trikala
11 Fthiotida 10 Ilia
Each 9 Arcadia, Drama, Pieria, Rodopi, Serres, Halkidiki
Each 8 Grevena, KAstoria, Xanthi
Each 7 Rhodes, Evros, Karditsa
Each 5 Andros, Lasithi
Each 4 Argolida, Thesprotia, Paros, Lakonia, Messinia
Each 3 Kos, Kalymnos, Naxos, Syros, Samos, Florina, Fokida, Chios
2 Lefkada
Each 1 Zakynthos, Ikaria, Milos, Preveza
Maybe I’m wrong, but I think cases are going down worldwide. With any luck, it will mysteriously disappear like the Spanish flu of 1918. (Without any vaccines, the Spanish flu killed a lot of people then mutated to less deadly strains after 1,5 years)
No mystery about it.
Respiratory diseases always decrese in the summer months. Flu, colds etc.
Not saying this is “just” flu but it will follow the same pattern and return in the autumn/winter for years to come, getting weaker as goes along.
Be prepared for new lockdowns from end of September.
There are already thousands of “mutations” of this virus.
https://ourworldindata.org/charts
Yes, right now they are going down worldwide: 11,470,000 on May 1st, to 9,230,000 on May 21st. But the chart of confirmed Covid 19 cases (recorded since March 2020) shows big peaks and troughs over time, and the overall trend is not yet downwards. I think that we are in for the long haul with this virus. Rather than a “mysterious disappearance” our salvation lies with the extraordinary vaccination programme now underway. Remember that we still need to teat flu (another slippery customer still mutating), with an annual vaccination programme.