Greece΄s health authorities announced on Tuesday 6,424 coronavirus cases and 77 Covid related deaths in past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals decreased to 661.
On Tuesday, Dec 21, the number of Covid-related deaths exceeded 20,000 people since the start of the pandemic in the country.
Official EODY data December 21
Tests in last 24 hours:
PCR 39,878 RAPID: 524,503
Positivity PCR+RAPID: 1.16%
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 1,044,301* infections (daily change 0.6%).
*181 infections confirmed in previous days added on today’s EODY data
In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 211 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2,905 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average 4,507 from 4,867 last week.
Rt 0.93 from 1.07 last week
77 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, brought the total of pandemic victims to 20,055*. Of these, 95.2% had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
*2 deaths from previous days added today.
661 patients are on ventilators in hospitals, from 670 a day earlier. Their median age is 63 years and 79.7% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over.
Of the total in intubation, 545 (82.45%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 116 (17.55%) are fully vaccinated.
3,679 Covid-patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
295 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: +14.34%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 331.
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 Dec 20
Partly vaccinated 70.6%
Fully vaccinated 65.9%
Booster shot since Sept 13: 2,901,269
Geographic distribution December 21
Of the 6,424 new coronavirus cases, 4 were detected at the entry gates of the country and 20 among travelers already in Greece.
The remaining cases are:
2264 Attica
1003 Thessaloniki
175 Kozani
162 Chania
153 Larissa
147 Heraklio
143 Achaia
140 Evia
134 Serres
101 Imathia
Regions with 2- or 1-digit infections
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189 under investigation
MAP infections per 100,000 population based on last 14 days
Dec 21: same as Dec 14
Dec 20: same stand as Dec 14
