Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 2,125 new coronavirus cases and 31 deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospital Intensive Care Units slightly decreased to 331.
Authorities imposed mini lockdown in three regional units in northern Greece and extended restriction in others. More details on a separate post.
At the weekly Live Briefing on Thursday, health authorities said that the pandemic situation seems to stabilize, however, it shows an increase of 11% to 36% in regional units of northern Greece.
There is double increase of infections in Xanthi, eastern Macedonia, and a 60-percent increase in Kozani, western Macedonia, Professor for Child Epidemiology and member of Epidemiologists’ Committee Vana Papaevangelou said.
She expressed concern over the infections increase and the low vaccination coverage.
She added that hospital admissions in northern Greece are more than the discharges.
She said that one in three infections affects children aged below 18 and stressed that the Delta variant strikes also younger people. The average age of new infections is 34 years old.
Papaevangelou added that transmission is higher among family members and during events, while it is smaller in work places.
They added that vaccinations are doing better and stressed that the overwhelming majority of Covid-patients in ICUs are unvaccinated.
Oof the 812 random samples 745 were identified as with the Delta Variant.
Vaccinations
Stand: September 22, 2021:
6,393,241 vaccinated citizens (61.3% of population with at least one dose. Of them:
398,125 Partially vaccinated
5,995,116 Fully vaccinated (57,5%)
Booster shot: so far: 17,779 + 1,762 on Sept 22
Vaccinations tracker per region here.
Official coronavirus data, Sεptember 23
Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 12,703 Rapid tests 138,576
Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 1.4%
blue: tests red: positivity
Rt: 0.97 from 0.94 last week.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 641,022 infections (daily change: +0.3%).
In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 134 infections are related to travel abroad and 3364 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average: 2196 (2131 previous week)
50.9% of the infected are men.
There are 31 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the total of pandemic victims 14,606. Of these, 95.4% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
Light blue: intubations pink: deaths
A total of 331 Covid-patients – from 333 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 65 years. 64.7% are men. 81.6% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.
According to EODY among the intubated patients:
300 (90.63%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated
31 (9.37%) are fully vaccinated
According to EODY, intubated Covid-patients based on age group are:
- 0-17 : 0
- 18-39: 12
- 40-64: 152
- 65+ : 167
3,118 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
162 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -28.63%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 186.
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 23
Regional units epidemiological load: last 7 days – infections per 100,000 population.
Of the 2,125 new cases, 7 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 9 among travelers already in the country.
The remaining cases are:
403 Attica
345 Thessaloniki
94 Larissa
73 Pieria 71 Achaia
61 Imathia
Each 46 Kozani, Xanthi
Each 44 Kavala, Pella
Each 42 Massinia, Serres
41 Aitoloakarnania 40 Fthiotida
Each 39 Drama, Rhodes
37 Heraklio 35 Trikala 34 Halkidiki
33 Karditsa 30 Magnisia
29 Kilkis
Each 26 Viotia, Ioannina
23 Corinth
Each 22 Argolida, Kastoria
Each 21 Evros, Corfu
18 Lakonia 16 Rodopi 15 Rethymno
Each 14 Zakynthos, Ilia, Chania
12 Lasithi
Each 11 Evia, Thira
7 Preveza
Each 6 Arcadia, Arta, Thassos, Mykonos, Sporades
Each 5 Thesprotia, Naxos, Lesvos, Lefkada, Florina
Each 4 Grevena, Kos, Fokida, Chios
Each 3 Kalymnos, Milos, Limnos
Each 2 Paros
1 Syros
65 under investigation
