2,322 coronavirus cases,42 deaths, geographic distribution across Greece

Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 2,322 new coronavirus cases and 42 deaths in the past 24 hours.  The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospital Intensive Care Units decreased further to 359.

At the Live Briefing on Thursday, health experts said that infections numbers are shrinking and the pandemic has been showing a stabilization in the last three weeks. This fact slightly opens a window of optimism, however, the situation will be re-evaluated in a few weeks due to the schools opening on Sept 13.

Nevertheless, there are areas with high epidemiological burden, mainly because the vaccination coverage is limited.

According to pediatric infectious disease professor Vana Papaevangelou, these are the six areas where the viral load is high:

• Pieria, Imathia, Pella, Evritania, Argolida and Ilia.

It is noteworthy, however, that in areas with a high rate of vaccination, there is no increase in infections.

For example in Western Attica, where only 40% of the population has been vaccinated, with the result that all areas have a higher viral load and number of infections.

Deputy Health Minister Mina Gaga strssed that “the risk of disease is up to 10 times lower in vaccinated citizens.”

Vaccinations

Stand: September 15, 2021:

6,319,108 vaccinated citizens (60.6% of population with at least one dose. Of them:

432,193 Partially vaccinated

5,886,915 Fully vaccinated (56.5%)

Vaccinations tracker per region here.

Official coronavirus data, Sεptember 16

Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 14,385 Rapid tests 140,910

Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 1.5%

blue: tests red: positivity

Rt: 0.94 from 0.99 last week.

Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 625,083 infections (daily change: +0.4%).  In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 139 infections are related to travel abroad and 2775 to other confirmed cases.

Rolling average: 2131 (2178 previous week)

51.0% of the infected are men.

There are 42 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the total of pandemic victims 14,354* ( apologies for a typo yesterday).  Of these, 95.4% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.

*1 death from previous days incorporated in today’s EODY data.

Light blue: intubations pink: deaths

A total of 359 Covid-patients – from 364 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 64 years. 65.7% are men. 79.9% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.

According to EODY among the intubated patients:

329 (91.64%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated

30 (8.36%) are fully vaccinated

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

• 0-17  :   1
• 18-39: 15
• 40-64: 166
• 65+  : 177

3,077 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.

206 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -8.04%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 207.

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 16

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

Of the 2,322  new cases, 11 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 7 among travelers already in the country.

The remaining cases are:

505 Attica

300 Thessaloniki

98 Larissa

75 Pella

65 Imathia 60 Rhodes

58 Kavala 53 Pieria 52 Kozani 51 Achaia

46 Xanthi 44 Heraklio 42 Serres 41 Kilkis

Each 40 Evros, Magnisia

39 Corfu

Each 37 Drama, IOannina

Each Halkidiki, Chania

30 Evia

29 Corinth

Each 28 Aitoloakarnania, Kastoria, MEssinia

27 Trikala 25 Rodopi

Each 23 Ilia, Karditsa

Each 22 Argolida, Fthiotida

21 Viotia 20 Lakonia

19 Thesprotia, 16 Rethymno 14 Lasithi

Each 13 Mykonos, Preveza

12 Thira

9 Kefalonia, 8 Ikaria 7 LEsvos

Each 6 Arcadia, Zakynthos, Tinos, Lefkada, Chios

Each5 Thassos, Paros, Samos

Each 4 Arta, Kos, Evrytania, Syros, SPorades

Each 3 Naxos, Florina

Each 2 Grevena,Kalymnos, Limnos, Fokida

39 under investigation