Greece’s health authorities announced on Friday 2,925 new coronavirus cases and 21 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units stands at 191.
Due to extraordinary circumstances (fires in Athens & Attica) today’s bulletin is in relatively brief form than on normal days.
Vaccinations
Stand: August 4, 2021:
Of the 5,755,372 vaccinated citizens (55.2% of population with at least one dose):
493,149 Partially vaccinated
5,262,223 Fully vaccinated (50.5%)
Vaccinations tracker per region here.
Official coronavirus data, August 5
Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 13,588 Rapid tests 91,937
Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 2.65%
blue: tests red: positivity
Rt: 1.05 from 1.16 last week.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 509,596 infections (daily change: +0.6%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 141 infections are related to travel abroad and 1938 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average: 2647 (2586 previous week)
51.2% of the infected are men.
There are 21 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the total of pandemic victims to 13,047. Of these, 95.1% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
Light blue: intubations Pink: deaths
A total of 191 Covid-patients – from 192 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 64 years. 62.8% are men. 82.2% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.
According to EODY, intubated Covid-patients based on age group are:
- 18-39: 12
- 40-64: 84
- 65+ : 94
2,836 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
207 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: +7.25%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 175.
Red: admissions Green: discharges
The median age of new infections is 40 years (range: 0.2 to 106 years), while the median age of the deceased is 78 (range: 0.2 to 106 years).
Geographic distribution August 6
Regional units epidemiological load: last 7 days – infections per 100,000 population.
New: Crete listed as one region
Of the 2925 new cases, 6 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 1 among travelers already in the country.
The remaining cases are:
907 Attica
271 Thessaloniki
157 Heaklio
135 Chania
88 Rhodes 83 Achaia
63 Evia 60 Corinth
52 Rethymno
45 Corfu
Each 44 Larissa, Messinia
37 Kozani
Each 33 Kavala, Halkidiki, Chios
Each 31 Lakonia, Serres
30 Imathia
Each 27 Lasithi, Preveza, Fthiotida
Each 25 Viotia, Evros, Pieria
24 Mykonos 21 Argolida
20 Naxos 19 Aitoloakarnania
Each 18 Kilkis, Lesvos, Florina
Each 17 Zakynthos, Magnisia, Pella, Trikala
Each 16 Thesprotia, Karditsa
Each 14 Ioannina, Thira
13 Kos 12 Paros
Each 11 Arta, Drama
Each 9 Kalymnos, Kefalonia, Lefkada, Xanthi
8 Arcadia
Each 7 Ilia, Syros, Rodopi, SPorades
4 Tinos
Each 3 Kastoria, Samos
Each 2 Evrytania, Milos, Kea/Kythnos, Limnos, Fokida
Each 1 Grevena, Ithaki, Andros
PCR tests, rapids & positivity identical to yesterday?
Or was that a glitch based on the dramatic circumstances facing our country?
Here is a measure of the scale of the problem. In 2020 from the very first case to the easing of lockdown restrictions in the summer there was a total of 12 cases on the whole of Crete, most of which were in Heraklion. Today, using a 7 day moving average to smooth out variations in the number of daily tests, there are around 300 cases per day.
I don’t think much virus was circulating in Greece at that time, prior to summer 2020. Greece had locked down really quickly.