Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday 3,040 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 333.
Health authorities announced that they will open the platform for vaccination appointments for the booster shot on Sept 30, 2021. The booster shot is for people aged over 60, for health personnel and residents of nursing homes.
Health Minister Thanos Plevris and the deputy Mina Gaga are heading to Thessaloniki on Wednesday for an extraordinary meeting with 14 local mayors due to an alarming increase of coronavirus cases and unvaccinated patients in hospitals ICUs.
According to health authorities in the broader area, 248 Covid-patients are hospitalized. Of them 202 are unvaccinated ad 46 vaccinated. Of the 53 intubated 51 are unvaccinated.
A mini lockdown in northern Greece is not ruled out in the upcoming days.
Vaccinations
Stand: September 20, 2021:
6,374,615 vaccinated citizens (61.2% of population with at least one dose. Of them:
415,343 Partially vaccinated
5,959,272 Fully vaccinated (57,2%)
Vaccinations tracker per region here.
Official coronavirus data, Sεptember 21
Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 20,836 Rapid tests 376,109
Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 0.77%
blue: tests red: positivity
Rt: 0.94 from 0.99 last week.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 636,596* infections (daily change: +0.6%).
*648 confirmed cases from previous days were incorporated in EODY’s data on Tuesday.
In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 134 infections are related to travel abroad and 3178 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average: 2237 (2078 previous week)
51.0% of the infected are men.
There are 42 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the total of pandemic victims 14,548*. 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 333 Covid-patients – from 342 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 65 years. 63.4% are men. 80.5% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.
According to EODY among the intubated patients:
304 (91.29%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated
29 (8.71%) are fully vaccinated
According to EODY, intubated Covid-patients based on age group are:
- 0-17 : 0
- 18-39: 14
- 40-64: 152
- 65+ : 167
3,096 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: +65.62%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 192.
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 21
Regional units epidemiological load: last 7 days – infections per 100,000 population.
Of the 3,040 new cases, 8 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 11 among travelers already in the country.
The remaining cases are:
544 Attica
449 Thessaloniki
139 Larissa
114 Imathia
89 Xanthi
79 Pieria 78 Viotia 77 Achaia
68 Pella 66 Kozani
Each 65 Rhodes, Kavala
61 Drama
59 Heraklio 54 Halkidiki 53 Kilkis
52 Serres 50 Evros
43 Kastoria 40 Fthiotida
Each 39 Aitoloakarnania, Ioannina
Each 38 Corinth, Magnisia, Messinia
Each 35 Argolida, Chania
33 Rodopi 32 Trikala 31 Ilia 30 Rethymno
29 Corfu 28 Karditsa 26 Evia
Each 13 Arcadia, Mykonos, Lakonia, Lesvos
11 Thesprotia 10 Sporades
Each 8 Kalymnos, Thira, Preveza
Each 7 Kefalonia, Florina
6 Zakynthos
Each 5 Arta, NAxos, Lasithi
Each 4 Kos, Milos, Lefkada, Samos, Chios
Each 3 Evrytania, Syros
Each 2 Grevena, Karpathos/Kasos, Tinos, Fokida
Each 1 Thassos, Ikaria, Limnos
136 under investigation
