Greece coronavirus: 2070 cases, 5 deaths, intubations on the rise

Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday 2,070 new coronavirus cases and 5 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units recorded a sharp increase of plus 13 people within 24 hours, raising the total number to 147.

Again today the total number of tests is is lower than during the average working days.

Live Briefing

At the live briefing on Monday, the head of the National Vaccinations Committee said that the platform for vaccination appointments for the age gorup 12-15 will open on July 30, 2021.

“The Committee has approved the vaccination of this age group,” professor Maria Theodoridou said adding that the parents can make the appointment..

According to Theodoridou, the reasoning of the decision of the National Vaccination Committee involves three reasons:

-To protect the health of the children themselves. she stressed that children with underlying chronic diseases should be vaccinated.

-To maintain the lifelong learning of children but also to continue their social activities.

-To protect the vulnerable citizens as children are a source of transmission of the virus.

Children will be vaccinated with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines as there are studies in only these two vaccines.

However, according to the President of the National Vaccination Committee, the number of children who participated in the research is limited but their effectiveness against covid disease has been proven.

In particular, based on the data presented by Ms. Theodoridou, the research to date has been done for the Pfizer vaccine in 2260 children aged 12-14, while the Moderna vaccine was tested in 3732 children.

As for the side effects, they are rare and mild, Theodoridou aid, and they concern myocarditis and pericarditis, which, however, are treated since the conditions are mild with a good outcome.

According to clinical studies, side effects affect 18 cases in 1 million vaccinated, she underlined.

Vaccinations

Stand July 25, 2021:

Of the 5,599,401 vaccinated citizens (53.7% of population with at least one dose):

717,173 Partially vaccinated

4,882,228 Fully vaccinated (46.8%)

Vaccinations tracker per region here.

Official coronavirus data, July 26

Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR  5,457 Rapid tests 39,536

Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 4.6%

blue: tests red: positivity

Rt: 1.23 from 138 last week.

Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 477,975 infections (daily change: +0.4%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 125 infections are related to travel abroad and 1214 to other confirmed cases.

Rolling average: 2584 (2498 previous week)

51.2% of the infected are men.

There are 5 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the total of pandemic victims to 12,903.  Of these, 95.1% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.

Light blue: intubations Pink: deaths

A total of 147 Covid-patients – from 134 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 65 years. 59.2% are men. 87.1% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.

2,791 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.

158 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -3.66%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 159.

Red: admissions Green: discharges

The median age of new infections is 41 years (range: 0.2 to 106 years), while the median age of the deceased is 78 (range: 0.2 to 106 years).

Geographic distribution July 26

Regional units epidemiological load: last 7 days – infections per 100,000 population.

New: Crete listed as one region

Of the 2070 new cases, 13 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 1 among travelers already in the country.

The remaining cases are:

671 Attica

262 Thessaloniki

112 Heraklio

65 Chania

52 Kozani 51 rhodes

43 Rethymno 41 chaia

Each 40 Evia, Larissa

38 Corinth 34 Chios

27 Messinia 25 Halkidiki

24 Thira

Each 22 Zakynthos, Lesvos

21 Corfu

Each 20 Imathia, Ioannina

Each 19 Argolida, Evros, Fthiotida

16 Mykonos

Each 15 Viotia, Pieria

Each 14 Aitoloakarnania, Florina

Each 13 Karditsa, Lasithi, Serres

12 Lefkada

Each 11 Kos, Ilia, Paros

Each 10 Arcadia, Kastoria, Magnisia, Trikala

9 Milos 8 Kavala

Each 6 Pella, Preveza, Fokida

Each 5 Thesprotia, Kilkis, Naxos, Syros,Xanthi

Each 4 Arta, Drama, Evrytania, Kalymnos, Kefalonia, Rodopi

Each 3 Grevena, Lakonia

Each 2 Tinos, Limnos

Each 1 Samos, Sporades