2,170 coronavirus cases, 43 deaths, 384 intubations, distribution in Greece

Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 2,170 new coronavirus cases and 43 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospital Intensive Care Units decreased to 384.

At the Live Briefing on Thursday, health officials warned that they expect a dramatic increase of infections due to the school opening on Sept 13. The increase will be due to the big number of rapid tests unvaccinated students will have to carry out, the officials clarified.

They predicted that infections among students will decrease by November.

One in four Lyceum students has been vaccinated with the 1st dose, while in Gymnasium the rate of vaccinations is 13%. [Note: comparing the famous Greek statistics is a definite challenge, isn’t it?]

Regarding the vaccination of health workers, deputy health minister Mina Gaga said that:

2.1% of doctors, that is 447 out of 21,000 in total and 2,700 out of 40,000 nursing personnel in total were unvaccinated.

Vaccinations

Stand: September 7, 2021:

6,179,949 vaccinated citizens (59.3% of population with at least one dose. Of them:

380,911 Partially vaccinated

5,799,038 Fully vaccinated (55.6%)

Vaccinations tracker per region here.

Official coronavirus data, Sεptember 9

Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 13,938 Rapid tests 77,937

Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 2.36%

blue: tests red: positivity

Rt: 0.99 from 0.99 last week.

Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 609,519 infections (daily change: +0.4%).  In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 170 infections are related to travel abroad and 2235 to other confirmed cases.

Rolling average: 2178 (2772 previous week)

51.0% of the infected are men.

There are 43 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the total of pandemic victims to 14,060*.  Of these, 95.4% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.

*3 deaths from previous days incorporated in today’s EODY data.

Light blue: intubations pink: deaths

A total of 384 Covid-patients – from 390 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 65 years. 59.1% are men. 82.3% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.

According to EODY among the intubated patients:

343 (89.32%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated

41 (10.68%) are fully vaccinated

According to EODY, intubated Covid-patients based on age group are:

• 0-17  :   1
• 18-39: 15
• 40-64: 171
• 65+  : 197

3,027 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.

212 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: +4.95%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 221.

Red: admissions Green: discharges

The median age of new infections is 39 years (range: 0.2 to 106 years), while the median age of the deceased is 78 (range: 0.2 to 106 years).

Geographic distribution September 9

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

Of the 2,170 new cases, 6 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 5 among travelers already in the country.

The remaining cases are:

561 Attica

256 Thessaloniki

72 Larissa 70 Heraklio

66 Achaia

52 Corfu 51 Pella

49 Halkidiki 44 Imathia 43 Messinia

42 Kavala 40 Corinth

37 Pieria 36 Ioannina 34 Rhodes

Each 33 Aitoloakarnania, Ilia

Each 31 Viotia, Kozani

Each 30 Argolida, Xanthi, Serres

29 Chania

Each 29 Kilkis, Magnisia

Each 24 Drama, Evia

23 Evros

19 Lefkada 18 Trikala

Each 17 Kastoria, Rodopi

16 Fthiotida, 15 Arcadia 14 Mykonos

Each 12 Karditsa, Lesvos

Each 11 Thesprotia, Thira, Lasithi

Each 8 Kos, Kefalonia, Rethymno

Each 7 Karpathos/Kasos, Zakynthos

6 Chios

Each 5 Arta, Naxos, Florina

Each 4 Evrytania, Ikaria, Milos, Sporades, Fokida

Each3 Grevena, Syros, Lakonia, Limnos

Each 2 Tinos, Paros

Each 1 Thassos, Kea/Kythnos, Samos