Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 2,601 new coronavirus and a high number of 46 deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals ICUs has increased to 347.
+++ Due to the floods in Greece on Thursday, KTG’s daily Coronavirus report is in brief form, however, with the usual geographic distribution.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 687,278 infections (daily change: +0.4%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 111 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2,617 to other confirmed cases.
Tests in last 24 hours:
PCR 13,527, RAPID: 138.113
Positivity PCR & Rapid: 1.72%
46 Covid-related deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, brought the total of pandemic victims to 15,289*. Of these, 95.4% had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
*2 deaths added in EODY’s data on Thursday.
A total of 347 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 66 years and 79.8% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over.
Of the 347 in total, 305 (87.9%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 42 (12.1%) are fully vaccinated.
3,224 Covid-patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
220 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -0.9%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 194.
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 Oct 14
Of the 2,601 new coronavius cases, 5 were detected at the country’s entrance points and 2 among travelers already in Greece.
The remaining cases are:
548 Attica
404 Thessaloniki
207 Larissa
90 Magnisia
86 Drama 82 Pieria
74 Imathia
69 Messinia 60 Evros
58 Pella 54 Achaia
Each 52 Xanthi, Trikala
44 Kavala 43 Serres
Each 42 Evia, Ioannina
41 Kilkis
36 Heraklio 32 Fthiotida 31 Aitoloakarnania
29 Rodopi
Each 28 Viotia, Kozani
27 Halkidiki 20 Kastoria
19 Corfu 18 Arcadia 17 Fthiotida
Each 16 Rhodes, Chania
Each 15 Karditsa, Corinth
14 Ilia
Each 13 Kos, Lakonia
11 Argolida 10 Lesvos
Each 9 Zakynthos, Lasithi
7 Grevena
Each 5 Kalymnos, Thira
Each 4 Thesprotia, Andros, Preveza
Each 3 Thassos, Naxos, Syros, Paros, Rethymno
Each 2 Ithaki, Mykonos, Chios
Each 1 Ikaria, Samos, Fokida
66 under investigation
