Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 3,442 coronavirus cases and 25 Covid-related deaths in the last 24hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units increased further to 282 from 258 a day earlier.
Authorities imposed a mini lockdown in Rethymno, Crete, and extended the restrictions in Heraklio and Chania for another week.
Vaccinations
Stand: August 17, 2021:
Of the 5,861,389 vaccinated citizens (56,2% of population with at least one dose):
317,477 Partially vaccinated
5,544,272 Fully vaccinated (53%)
Vaccinations tracker per region here.
Official coronavirus data, August 18
Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 16,014 Rapid tests 75,885
Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 3.75%
blue: tests red: positivity
Rt: 1.09 from 1.09 last week.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 547,186 infections (daily change: +0.6%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 130 infections are related to travel abroad and 1492 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average: 3160 (2942 previous week)
51.2% of the infected are men.
There are 25 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the total of pandemic victims to 13,278. Of these, 95.1% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
Light blue: intubations Pink: deaths
A total of 282 Covid-patients – from 258 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 64 years. 62.4% are men. 84% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.
According to EODY, intubated Covid-patients based on age group are:
- 18-39: 13
- 40-64: 128
- 65+ : 141
2,889 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
290 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: +33.03%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 240.
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 18
Regional units epidemiological load: last 7 days – infections per 100,000 population.
Of the 3442 new cases, 21 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 7 among travelers already in the country.
The remaining cases are:
818 Attica
319 Thessaloniki
163 Heraklio
150 Achaia
96 Messinia 94 rhodes
90 Kavala
88 Chania 81 Evia
75 Rethymno 71 Ilia
69 Kozani
Each 50 Evros, Larissa
Each 48 Corfu, Pieria
40 Aitoloakarnania
Each 37 Drama, Corinth
Each 36 Lesvos, Pella
35 Lasithi 34 Serres
33 Halkidiki
Each 30 Imathia, Mykonos
Each 29 Kilkis, Fthiotida
Each 27 Viotia, Ioannina
Each 25 Thesprotia, Thira, Naxos
Each 23 Arcadia, Lefkada, Magnisia, Preveza, Trikala
22 Lakonia
16 Zakynthos
Each 15 Argolida, Xanthi, Chios
Each 14 Karditsa, Paros
13 Florina
Each 12 Arta, Kos, Rodopi
10 Kalymnos
9 Sporades 8 Andros
Each 7 Grevena, Ikaria, Kastoria, KEfalonia, Syros, Fokida
6 Tinos
Each 3 Evrytania, Thassos
Each 2 Karpathos/Kasos, Kea/Kythnos
1 Limnos
