Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 7,108 new coronavirus cases and 93 Covid-relared deaths in the past 24 hours.The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals has increased again further to 612.
Two Covid-deniers infected with coronavirus died in their homes in Larissa, central Greece, after they refused to go to hospital and receive medical care. One of them, a 64-year-old man was found dead in the elevator of the multi-storey building. His sister, 60, also infected with the virus, said that he went to seek help. She ultimately agreed to be transferred to a hospital.
The second victim was a 60-year-old man who had also refused to go to the hospital.
Among today’s deaths is also a high-ranking priest, 46, as well as a 41-year-old cardiologist. Both men had refused to be vaccinated against the virus.
The cardiologist, father of a new born and one toddler, was suspended due to his vaccination-refusal and had also closed down his medical office.
The priest infected his parents who are now hospitalized in northern Greece.
Official EODY data Νοbember 24
Tests in past 24 hours:
PCR 19,372 RAPID 330,448
Positivity PCR+RAPID: 2.03%
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 901,661 infections (daily change: +0.8%).
*230 infections confirmed the previous days were added to EODY data on Tuesday.
Of the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 96 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2,295 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average 6817 from 6492 last week.
Rt: 1.13 from 1.11 last week
93 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, brought the total of pandemic victims to 17,612*. Of these, 95.4% had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
*2 deaths from previous days added on EODY bulletin on Wednesday.
612 Covid-patients are on ventilators in hospitals from 597 a day earlier.. Their median age is 65 years, 60.1% are men. 80.7% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over.
Of the total patients on intubation, 499 (81.54%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 113 (18.46%) are fully vaccinated.
Intubated Covid-patients per age group:
0-17: 2
18-30: 27
40-64: 273
65+ : 314
3,469 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
490 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours (daily change: +19.8%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 434.
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 23
Party vaccinations 66.6% of the population
Fully vaccinated: 62.7%
Booster shot since Sept 13: 1,003,697
Vaccination tracker per region in Greek here.
Geographic distribution Νovember 24
Of the 7,108 new coronavirus cases, 12 were detected at the entry gates of the country and 7 among travelers already in Greece.
The remaining cases are:
1826 Attica
1200 Thessaloniki
254 Larissa 229 Achaia
195 Evros 191 Heraklio
184 Magnisia
161 Aitoloakarnania
159 Kozani
149 Fthiotida 136 Serres 127 Imathia
119 Pella 109 Pieria
96 Karditsa
89 Kavala 88 Trikala
Each 87 Ioannina, Corfu, Kilkis
82 Corinth 80 Argolida
73 Xanthi
Each 79 Evia, Rethymno
69 Viotia 64 Lesvos
Each 63 Messinia, Rodopi
Each 58 Rhodes, Chania
57 Preveza 56 Drama 55 Halkidiki
48 Arta 44 Kastoria 41 Ilia
35 Florina 34 Arcadia 33 Lakonia
Each 26 Grevena, Evrytania
20 Thesprotia
16 Fokida 15 Lasithi
Each 14 Zakynthos, Lefkada
12 Kefalonia
Each 10 Thassos, Kalymnos
9 Limnos
Each 7 Samos, Sporades
Each 6 Kos, Thira, Mykonos, Naxos, Chios
5 Kea/Kythnos
3 Paros 2 Tinos
144 under investigation
MAP: Coronavirus Infections last 14 days per 100,000 population
Nov 24 same status as on Nov 22
Nov 23 same status as on Nov 22
More details on EODY daily bulletin in Greek here.
More information on coronavirus in Greece here.
It’s disturbing how the number of fully vaccinated in the ICU keeps creeping up!
I also find it interesting how so many of the deaths in the middle range (30-60), without underlying health issues, tends to be men. In fact, every one I know in this age range who has died from Covid were male. It would be interesting to see the data on this.
Across all age ranges approximately twice as many men die of COVID as women. Perhaps one gender inequality that women are grateful for?
The percentage of people who die in any age range increases in a log-linear fashion at a rate of about 0.59% per 5 year increase above 10 years, i.e. below 10 it is almost 0%, 10 to 15 it is about 0.59%, 15 to 20 it is about 1.18% and so on. That is a best fit based on studies from many countries.
It is a mathematical inevitability that as more people become vaccinated the percentage of vaccinated people in ICU will increase. It doesn’t mean vaccinated people are more likely to need ICU just that there are far more of them. It is true that the number will increase gradually as immunity declines over time unless people get the booster dose. That might account for some of the increase as boosters seem to be rolling out fairly slowly, the oldest have had their second dose the longest and the oldest are the most vulnerable.