Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 6,682 coronavirus cases and 89 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals increased further to stands at 561.
On Wednesday, the number of deaths exceeded 17,000 Covid-patients since the begin of the pandemic 1.5 years ago.
The situation in public hospitals of the periphery remains grim due to shortages of medical and nursing staff and ICU bed, with some general hospitals suspending service and turn only Covid.
According to reports from Serres, the shortage of nurses is dramatic as 50 people are in suspension for bieng unvaccinated, 15 are on long-term leave and 30 are about to retire. On Wednesday alone, 5 Covid-patients aged 54-89 have died. Three of them were unvaccinated and two vaccinated, all with underlying health issues.
Konstantinos Syrigos, Oncology professor, told state broadcaster ERT that when it comes to triage due to pressure, one of the selection criteria is who has more chance to come out of the intubation alive.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will address the nation on the course of the pandemic and government initiatives to curb the fourth wave. The televised message is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, Nov 18.
Official EODY data Νοbember 17
Tests in past 24 hours:
PCR 19,887 RAPID 307,062
Positivity PCR+RAPID: 2.04%
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 853,841 infections (daily change: +0.8%). Of the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 100 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2,625 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average 6492 from 6781 last week.
Rt: 1.11 from 1.27 last week
80 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, brought the total of pandemic victims to 17,012. Of these, 95.3% had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
561 Covid-patients are on ventilators in hospitals from 547 a day earlier.. Their median age is 64 years, 61.7% are men. 84.8% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over.
Of the total patients on intubation, 466 (83.07%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 95 (16.93%) are fully vaccinated.
Intubated Covid-patients per age group:
0-17: 1
18-30: 19
40-64: 255
65+ : 291
3,419 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
474 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours (daily change: +7.24%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 421.
The median age of new infections is 38 years (range: 0.2 to 106 years), while the median age of the deceased is 78 (range: 0.2 to 106 years).
Vaccinations
Stand Nov 16
Party vaccinations 65.6% of the population
Fully vaccinated: 62.2%
Booster shot since Sept 13: 711,013
Vaccination tracker per region in Greek here.
Geographic distribution Νovember 17
Of the 6,682 new coronavirus cases, 6 were detected at the entry gates of the country and 4 among travelers already in Greece.
The remaining cases are:
1632 Attica
1148 Thessaloniki
280 Larissa 242 Achaia
181 Magnisia
170 under investigation
MAP: Coronavirus Infections last 14 days per 100,000 population
Nov 17 same status as Nov 15
Nov 16 same stand as Nov 15
More details on EODY daily bulletin in Greek here.
More information on coronavirus in Greece here.
