Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday evening 2,433 new coronavirus cases and 50 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients stands at 556.
A 63-year-old woman died on the island of Lesvos on Tuesday. She had developed thrombosis (TTSyndrome/VIPIT Syndrome) after she was vaccinated with AstraZeneca. More details here.
Vaccinations
Stand May 21, 2021:
Partially vaccinated: 1,352,648
Fully vaccinated: 1,768,771 (16.5% of population)
Total 3,121,419 vaccinated citizens (29.1% of population), 4,814,981 doses.
Vaccinations tracker per region here.
Official coronavirus data, May 25
Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 21,761 Rapid tests 48,341
Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 3.47%
Rt: 0.86 from 0.86 last week
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 393,583 infections (daily change: +0.4%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 31 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2077 to other confirmed cases.
51.2% of the infected are men.
There are 50 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 11,872. Of these, 95.5% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
A total of 556 Covid-patients -from 563 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 67 years. 62.1% are men. 84.4% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.
2,368 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
194 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -7.62%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 251.
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 25
Of the 2433 new cases, 3 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 0 among travelers already in the country.
The remaining cases are:
1151 Attica
225 Thessaloniki
72 Larissa
62 Achaia 61 Heraklio
54 Ioannina 51 Corfu
50 Viotia
49 Aitoloakarnania
Each 49 Magnisia, Chania
41 Evia
26 Kozani 20 Lesvos
17 Imathia
Each 16 Kavala, Xanthi
Each 15 Serres, Florina
Each 14 Kilkis, Messinia
Each 13 Corinth, Trikala
Each 12 Drama, PIeria
Each 11 Evros, Pella
Each 10 Rethymno, Halkidiki
Each 0 Argolida, Rhodes, Ilia, Fthiotida
7 Kalymnos
Each 6 Karditsa, Kastoria, Samos
Each 5 Arcadia, Lakonia
Each 4 Zakynthos, Thesprotia, Lasithi, Limnos
Each 3 Grevena, Thassos, KEfalonia, Thira, Syros
Each 2 Evrytania, Andros, Rodopi, Fokida, Chios
Each 1 Paros, Preveza
These numbers will only deteriorate in the coming weeks. I see the flouting of basic hygiene rules everywhere, particularly among the young idiots who are more interested in partying than the common good.
There is also a gender issue here on Crete and probably elsewhere in Greece. “Real” men don’t mask up. But same real men bitch and moan about restrictions. Disconnect? Poor education? Genetic aberrations?
Anybody else think that opening the tourist season might not pan out too well for Greek citizens and residents
Yes, as was last summer.
Last summer there was no vaccine. Also, the virus hadn’t been circulating too much in Greece, so there wasn’t exposure or antibodies. Also they were only doing random testing on tourists. This year they are getting vaccines, everyone is getting tested, and there are a lot of antibodies circulating.
I know it is worrying, but there is reason to hope that this time it will be better.
Yesterday I was in Chania town for a doctor’s visit and to my surprise I saw a lot of people walking around or waiting in line with no mask. They want to save the summer but what I see is a lockdown once the tourist season is over and then we suffer with the consequences. People wear your mask.