Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 19,772 coronavirus cases and 72 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals has increased again to 679.
Official EODY data January 14
Tests in last 24 hours:
PCR: 32,356 RAPID: 380,557
Positivity PCR+RAPID: 4.79%
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 1,632,641 infections (daily change +1.2%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 577 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2,326 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average 25,879 from 34,350 last week.
Rt 1.40 from 1.26 last week
72 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, brought the total of pandemic victims to 21,809*. Of these, 95.0% had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
*5 deaths from previous days was incorporated in today’s EODY data.
679 patients are on ventilators in hospitals, from 664 a day earlier. Their median age is 65 years and 60.1% are men. 79.5% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over.
Of the total in intubation, 565 (83.21%) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 114 (16.79%) are fully vaccinated.
3,884 Covid-patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
560 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -4.60%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 570.
The median age of new infections is 36 years (range: 0.2 to 106 years), while the median age of the deceased is 78 (range: 0.2 to 106 years).
Vaccinations
Stand Jan 13
Partly vaccinated 72.8%
Fully vaccinated 68.6%
Booster shot since Sept 13: 4,161,784
Geographic distribution January 14
Of the 19,772 new coronavirus cases, 65 were detected at the entry gates of the country and 6 among travelers already in Greece.
The remaining cases are:
7,295 Attica
1,939 Thessaloniki
438 under investigation
MAP infections per 100,000 population based on last 14 days
EODY daily coronavirus bulletin in Greek here.
It is a disappointment that 16% of people on intubation are fully vaccinated. However this not disguise the fact that Greece’s figure of only 16% is quite remarkable compared to other countries. I hope the Greek government will organise an international symposium to share their knowledge and best practices.