Coronavirus: Cases decreased for the second day in a row: Attica, structures closed and 50 sources of concern | HELLAS

For the second 24 consecutive hours, coronavirus cases showed a decline in the country.

This time, in fact, the EODY data spoke of fewer than 200 cases for the first time in a week, as 183 cases had been announced on August 31. The 144 cases announced yesterday are the lowest since August 10, when 126 cases were announced.

Coronavirus case in a detainee in “El. Venizelos»

Among the cases, one was reported at the airport “El. Venizelos”. It is about a prisoner from Ukraine who had tried to travel to Switzerland with a false passport. After being arrested, on Friday he underwent a test and tested positive for the coronavirus, so it was decided to transfer him to Amygdaleza, in isolation. At the same time, the police officers who came into contact with him were quarantined, according to the president of the Southeast Attica police officers, George Kalliakmanis, who confirmed the case to iefimerida.gr.

Koronovios: 285 dead, 24 victims of Asvestochori

However, as the number of cases decreased, the number of victims increased by five. The total reached 285 deaths after the death of a 47-year-old man in the Hippocratic Hospital, which ended with an acute myocardial infarction last Thursday. Test results showed that he was positive for the coronavirus, while he had no underlying diseases.

Furthermore, a 74-year-old man died in Mytilene, as well as two women in Thessaloniki, from quarantined nursing homes (a 75-year-old woman from Asvestochori and a 92-year-old woman from Evosmos). It is noted that the number of victims of the identified cases in a nursing home in Asvestochori amounts to 24.

However, a source of concern for the authorities and epidemiologists now, in addition to the closed structures, especially the nursing homes where several cases have been identified recently, is Attica where most of the cases are recorded on a daily basis and the spread of the virus in the 50-60 age group. years.

This fact was confirmed by the EKPA Assistant Professor of Hygiene, Mr. Gikas Majorkinis, referring in his statements on Sunday, expressing concern about the latest wave of tourists. “It is very easy to reproduce orphan cases that are not related to each other and it is generally difficult to implement measures, so with the return of tourists we can see a small increase in Attica,” he said.

The assistant professor pointed out that we avoided the bad scenario that spoke of at least 700 cases at the end of August. As he explained, we are in a mediocre scenario at the moment where we see a gradual increase in the number of intubations which is definitely due to the eruption we had 7 days ago and a relative landing of cases. We will see if this continues and we would like to see less than 200 per day.

However, the professor referred to another cause for concern, which is the dispersion between the ages of 50 and 60 years, saying that “the young people listened to us, showed a condescension with the measures and I consider it very positive, but we see that the The effectiveness of the measures is not going very well in 50-60 and that should worry us. “Either the transmission of young people is what I do not believe or that the core at the age of 50-60 has been maintained and we have to see how we deal with it ”.

At the same time, he noted that we have avoided the bad scenario for more than 700 cases at the end of August. We are in a mediocre scenario at the moment where we see a gradual increase in the number of intubations that is definitely due to the eruption we had 7 days ago and a relative landing of cases. We will see if this continues and we would like to see less than 200 per day.

The EODY announcement

“We are announcing 144 new cases of the new virus in the country, of which 24 were detected after controls at the country’s entry gates. The total number of cases is 11,524, of which 55.7% are men. 2,245 (19.5%) are considered related to trips from abroad and 5,017 (43.5%) are related to an already known case. 41 of our fellow citizens are treated by intubation. Their average age is 70 years. 10 (24.4%) are women and the rest are men. 92.7% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 161 patients have been discharged from the ICU.

Finally, we have 4 more deaths recorded and 284 deaths (ss: increased to 285 after the announcement) in total in the country. 106 (37.3%) women and the rest men. The mean age of our dying fellow citizens was 78 years and 96.1% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.

Coronavirus: the distribution of cases by region

Of the 144 cases, a third refer to cases detected in Attica. A total of 51 of the 144 were found in the capital’s prefecture, eight of them related to a recent trip within the country. Cases are also reduced in Thessaloniki, where only nine were registered.

Analytically:

• 51 cases in PE Attica, of which 8 are connected by confluence, while 8 report recent travel within the country
• 9 cases in PE Thessaloniki, of which 1 reports a recent trip within the country
• 1 case in PE Etoloakarnania
• 1 case in PE Argolida
• 5 cases in PE Acaya, of which 3 report a recent trip within the country
• 1 case in PE Drama
• 1 case in PE De Evia
• 1 box of PE Zakynthos
• 7 cases in PE Heraklion, of which 2 are associated with confluence, while 1 reports close contact with a confirmed case
• 1 case in PE Kavala
• 3 cases in PE Kastoria, of which 1 is connected by confluence
• 6 cases in PE Kozani, of which 2 report contact with a confirmed case
• 1 case in PE Cyclades
• 4 cases in PE Larissa, of which 2 report contact with a confirmed case
• 2 cases in PE Lesbos, connected by the confluence
• 9 cases in PE Pella, of which 3 are associated with a known confluence, while 1 reports a recent trip within the country
• 9 cases in PE Pieria, of which 4 are associated with confluence, while 3 report contact with a confirmed case
• 1 case in PE From Rethymno
• 2 cases in PE Serres
• 2 cases in PE Trikala
• 1 case in PE Φωκίδας
• 1 case is under investigation

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