In Northern Greece half the deaths from Covid in the country
Anxiety is maintained by the pressure in the hospitals and, above all, the large number of patients who end up with the disease. Covid-19. Another 77 new deaths were announced today and another was delayed in being added to the relevant register. National Organization of Public Health (EODY). In the first 15 days of December, the human casualties reached 1,346. With the eyes on the coming days, the gatherings, the mobility but also the many arrivals from abroad for the family Christmas, the first measures of protection are already taken from the new threat that was born. coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Omicron variant that multiplies rapidly and already numbers thousands of cases in countries like the United Kingdom and Denmark, while ten cases with the variant strain have been confirmed in Greece. Thus, from Sunday 19 December at 06:00, all travelers entering Greece must pass a negative PCR test (molecular). Scientists point out that the occurrence of cases in a region of Europe means that, inevitably, the virus will first appear in neighboring states, in European territory then. Although the Omicron variant is still being researched, the assessments expressed by the Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics and Chair of the National Vaccination Committee, Mrs. Maria Theodoridou, citing the head of the CDC, Dr. Anthony Fauci, link the Its high transmissibility with an almost certain increase in hospitalizations, burden on health systems and possibly higher mortality.
In Northern Greece almost half the deaths
About 900 new patients were burdened in the last 48 hours in the country’s hospitals, the 450 yesterday. The number of hospitalized patients is 4,328, 3,300 in Covid and single beds 1,028 in units (ICU, MAF, MEL, PRESSURE NO.).
The ICUs of the country, in which they are being treated today, have found themselves in a suffocating situation 616 patients, 40% of which in Attica and 35% in Northern Greece, according to information from protothema.gr and ygeiamou.gr. The occupancy rate in the ICU reaches 96.58%.
“Black” first, however, recorded the hospitals of the North in terms of mortality, in which they were recorded almost half new deaths with most patients ending up in the “Ippokratio” Hospital (8) and then in the “Papageorgiou”, “AHEPA” and the General Hospital of Serres (4 in each). The remaining new losses in Attica (30%) and the rest of Greece (20%).
Intubated patients, finally, fell below 700 to 683, with about 520 sharing almost equally in Attica and Northern Greece. According to EODY, 553 (80.97%) of the total are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.
The dispersion indices are reduced
Slightly reduced are presented today in the report of EODY the epidemiological indicators that indicate the spread of the coronavirus. Compared to last week, below the unit found the transmission index of Rt disease to 0.93 from 1.07, while there was a drop in the percentage of positive tests overall to 0.78% from 0.87%, on an almost equal number of tests.
The new cases are located at 4,801, 1,486 in Attica and 817 in Thessaloniki and then 124 in the Peripheral Unit of Achaia, 121 in Heraklion, 123 in Kozani, 115 in Larissa and 106 in Larissa and 106 in Larissa and 106 in the IP. ) today went to the deep red (level 5) of the epidemiological map.
Compared to last week, EODY notes a small increase in the percentage of patients aged 4-18 (9,377) which translates to 26% of the total dispersion while it corresponded to 25%.
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