Covid-related deaths reached a new spike on Friday with 91 patients to have died in the past 24 hours. Greece’s health authorities announced that 7,805 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed also in the same period. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals has increased further to 575.
A second baby infected with Covid-19 has been intubated in a hospital in Patras, western Peloponnese. Its health condition is considered as critical. Before the intubation, the boy was baptized.
As the situation in hospitals in northern Greece deteriorates rapidly, media reported that 26 Covid-patients were intubated outside ICUs in two hospitals in Thessaloniki.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced late on Thursday additional restrictions for unvaccinated citizens and ‘mandatory’ booster shot for all those over 60 years old. More details analytically here.
Official EODY data Νοbember 19
Tests in past 24 hours:
PCR 18,222 RAPID 504,270
Positivity PCR+RAPID: —%
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 868,868 infections (daily change: +0.9%). Of the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 113 infections are related to travel from abroad and 3.204 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average —–from — last week.
Rt: 1.11 from 1.27 last week
91 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, brought the total of pandemic victims to 17,168. Of these, 95.3 pct Of these, 95.3% had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
575 Covid-patients are on ventilators in hospitals from 564 a day earlier.. Their median age is 65 years, 61.2% are men. 84.3% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over.
Of the total patients on intubation, 475 (82.61%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 100(17.39%) are fully vaccinated.
Intubated Covid-patients per age group:
0-17: 2
18-30: 18
40-64: 251
65+ : 304
3,434 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
488 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours (daily change: +15.09%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 432.
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 18
Party vaccinations 65.9% of the population
Fully vaccinated: 62.3%
Booster shot since Sept 13: 805,506
Vaccination tracker per region in Greek here.
Geographic distribution Νovember 19
Of the 7,805 new coronavirus cases, 11 were detected at the entry gates of the country and 8 among travelers already in Greece.
The remaining cases are:
19505 Attica
1303 Thessaloniki
127 under investigation
MAP: Coronavirus Infections last 14 days per 100,000 population
Nov 19 same stand as Nov 15
More details on EODY daily bulletin in Greek here.
More information on coronavirus in Greece here.
Be aware that if you get the flu vaccine you cannot get the Coronavirus booster until 20 days later
Sorry, but that is untrue! You can take the vaccines, both at the same time! One in each arm 🙂 Northen Europe is already practising this.
Yes, I know people who are having both on the same day.
Who did you get those words of wisdom from?