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First entry: Saturday, January 2, 2021, 5:32 p.m.
Today Saturday, January 2, 2021, the National Public Health Organization announced 262 new cases of Covid-19 in Greece, a number less than the 597 registered the previous day.
At the same time, according to information from EODY, 431 patients are intubated in the ICU, while 40 new deaths have been registered in the last 24 hours.
Yesterday, Friday, January 1, the intubated patients were 429 and the deaths announced for that day 43. It is recalled that most of the cases registered by EODY in one day were announced on Thursday, November 12, when 3,316 cases were identified in a period of 24 hours. . In addition, the highest number of deaths from viruses in a 24-hour period was recorded on Saturday, November 28, when 121 patients died.
EODY’s announcement in detail on Saturday, January 2:
Today we announce 262 new cases of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), of which 22 were identified after checks at the country’s gateways. The total number of cases is 139,709, of which 52.3% are men. During the follow-up it was found that 5,457 (3.9%) are considered related to travel from abroad and 41741 (29.9%) are related to an already known case.
431 people are hospitalized for intubation. Their average age is 67 years. 288 (66.8%) of those intubated are men. 79.8% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 896 patients have been discharged from the ICU since the start of the pandemic.
Finally, we have 40 new deaths from COVID-19, reaching 4,921 deaths in total in the country, of which 2,918 (59.3%) are men. The mean age of our deceased fellow citizens was 79 years and 95.5% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.
Daily epidemiological surveillance report of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) – Data until 02/01/2021
The data presented refer to cases of the epidemiological surveillance of the new coronavirus disease (COVID19), based on the data communicated to EODY and registered until January 2, 2021 (3:00 p.m.). There are 262 new laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease, of which 22 were identified after controls at the gates of the country. The total number of cases is 139,709 (daily variation + 0.2%), of which 52.3% are men. The new deaths of patients with COVID-19 are 40, while since the beginning of the epidemic a total of 4,921 deaths have been registered. The average age of the patients who died is 79 years. The number of patients treated by intubation is 431 (66.8% men). The daily distribution of confirmed cases is as follows (the line represents the total accumulated distribution of cases).
The mean age of the cases is 44 years (range 0.2 to 104 years), while the mean age of death is 79 years (range 24 to 103 years). The age distribution of (a) total cases, (b) cases that resulted in death, and (c) patients treated by intubation, is as follows:
Of the 262 new cases of the new virus in the country, 22 are imported and 22 were detected after checks at the country’s entry gates. The distribution of 240 new domestic cases by Regional Unit is presented in the following table.
Table 2: Daily number and cases per 100,000 inhabitants of confirmed domestic cases of COVID-19 by regional unit as of January 2, 2021
Geographic dispersion
The map shows the geographical distribution of total COVID-19 cases (since the beginning of the epidemic) by Regional Unit of the country, according to the declared address of permanent residence of the patient, or the address of temporary residence for tourists and other temporary residents. in Greece. It includes both cases with a travel history (“imported”) and cases with possible national transmission.
Tested samples: From January 1, 2020 to today, in laboratories that test for the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and that systematically report all the samples they control to EODY, a total of 2,820,861 samples have been analyzed clinics while from Health Units and EODY ladders that perform Rapid Ag tests 595,064 samples have been tested
