Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday 2,628 coronavirus cases and 34 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units increased further to 319.
As the number of intubations and deaths increases constantly and the vaccination program stocks, the government urges citizens for jabs against covid-19.
At the same time, it opens the way for the 3rd jab – or 2nd jab if Johnson&Johnson – for a group of immune-suppressed people. The platform is scheduled to open next week and the 3rd jab to be possible by early September, authorities announced at the live briefing on Monday.
The government will announce measures against vaccinated citizens tomorrow, Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
Vaccinations
Stand: August 22, 2021:
Of the 5,904,799 vaccinated citizens (56,7% of population with at least one dose):
290,341 Partially vaccinated
5,614,458 Fully vaccinated (53.9%)
Vaccinations tracker per region here.
Official coronavirus data, August 23
Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 6,292 Rapid tests 41,043
Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 5.55%
blue: tests red: positivity
Rt: 1.09 from 1.09 last week.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 561,812 infections (daily change: +0.5%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 157 infections are related to travel abroad and 1702 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average: 3188 (3161 previous week)
51.1% of the infected are men.
There are 34 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the total of pandemic victims to 13,422. Of these, 95.1% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
Light blue: intubations pink: deaths
A total of 319 Covid-patients – from 318 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 64 years. 60.2% are men. 83.4% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.
According to EODY, intubated Covid-patients based on age group are:
- 0-17 1
- 18-39: 13
- 40-64: 148
- 65+ : 157
2,916 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
267 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: +16.59%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 261.
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 23
Regional units epidemiological load: last 7 days – infections per 100,000 population.
Of the 2628 new cases, 19 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 5 among travelers already in the country.
The remaining cases are:
642 Attica
255 Thessaloniki
118 Achaia
104 Heraklio
94 Messinia 92 Kavala
77 ilia
68 Rhodes 62 Evia
51 Aitoloakarnania
Each 50 Corfu, Laissa, Chania
46 Kozani 45 Evros 44 Rethymno
36 Corinth
Each 31 Thesprotia, Pieria
29 Lasithi
Each 27 Magnisia, Pella
Each 25 Ioannina, Thira, Serres
24 Fthiotida
Each 23 Imathia, Lesvos
Each 22 Argolida, Arcadia
21 Trikala
Each 18 Drama, Kilkis
17Halkidiki
Each 16 Arta, Mykonos, Lakonia
Each 15 Zakynthos, Kastoria
Each 13 Viotia, Kos, Karditsa, Naxos
12 Lefkada, 11 Chios
Each 10 Kalymnos, Florina
9 Xanthi
Each 8 Kefalonia, Rodopi
Each 7 Preveza, Samos
Each 5 Karpathos/Kasos, Paros, Sporades
Each 4 Grevena, Evrytania, Fokida
Each 3 Ithaki, Andros, Milos
Each 2 Ikaria, Syros
Each 1 Tinos, Limnos
