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The alarm across the country has signaled the increase in coronavirus cases in recent days, culminating in the current negative record of 508 cases since the start of the pandemic in the country in February. At the same time, in recent days there has been a large increase in deaths, with our country registering a negative record of deaths twice in a few days.
At the same time, a constantly high number of cases continues to be recorded in Attica, while yesterday Kozani was the first region of our country to be at level 4. In fact, according to what was said during today’s briefing, Ioannina is now … a step of the “red” level.
Characteristic was the statement of Professor Gika Majorkin, who defended the “gentle growth trends shown by the course of the epidemic in our country.” Meanwhile, Mr. Majorkinis and Mr. Hardalias stressed how fragile the balance is in our country.
Already at dawn today the first local confinement was imposed, that of Kozani, after the epidemiological burden of the area in recent days, which led to the “red” (reached 159.7 compared to 150 that has been marked as EU limit, based on an algorithm).
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Why did Kozani go into a confinement?
Meanwhile, during today’s briefing on the deadly virus, Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias, explained the reasons why Kozani was blocked.
Mr Hardalias pointed out that Europe is facing a new outbreak, with Greece in a stable epidemiological situation but under great pressure.
Then he referred to the prevailing situation in Kozani, which since Friday morning is at the fourth alarm level according to the health security map.
According to him, there is an increase in viral load in the area. “The decision was based on the highest levels of the cumulative number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants during a 14-day period that exceeded the criteria established by the European Union, on the increasing trend of the daily number of new cases, community but also the dozens of small dangerous space groups scattered throughout the area. “
Left the city center
The empty central square. Under the clock, the meeting point of the city, there is no one …
Few neighbors walk around with the mask that is now mandatory without asterisks to go to the supermarket or the bakery since there is nothing else open.
All shops, restaurants and cafes are closed … Shops are closed. The restaurant only works with delivery.
Students go to school normally observing the prescribed measures … but parents are concerned as they say … the classes are small and the students many.
The school principal expresses the concern of the educational community of the city.
Entrepreneurs are desperate… as they don’t know if they will last 14 days at Lockdown.
Ioannina in a difficult position – What about Attica?
The city of Epirus today registered only 31 cases of the 508 announced by EODY in total and Nikos Hardalias called the situation “particularly critical”. The mayor of Ioannina moved in the same direction, calling for strict compliance with the measures, in a last-ditch effort to avoid a lockdown.
As for the situation in Attica, the region may continue to be overwhelmed, especially in the center of Athens (at 128 with a limit of 150 Europeans), but it is still below the limit that will take it to “red”.
Referring to the epidemiological situation that prevails in the capital, the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalias, pointed out that the Attica Region is currently further away from level 4 than other areas, while the Central Attica Sector is below this limit. but we must all remain vigilant.
But at the same time, outbreaks are taking place in other parts of the country, with Thessaloniki registering 63 cases and Kastoria (an area that was particularly hit in the first wave of the pandemic in our country) 20.
With these data, the situation remains fragile and everything can be reversed overnight.
At the same time, Mr. Hardals announced that on Saturday he will move with the General Secretaries of Civil Protection and Public Health to the Kozani region, where they will participate in a meeting with the Governor of West Macedonia, the Deputy Governor of the region and the 4 mayors . They will then go to Ioannina, where they will meet the governor of Epirus and his associates. He stressed that the situation in Ioannina is extremely critical and appealed to residents and the Epirus region to be especially careful when observing the measures.
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Dramatic appeal from the mayor of Ioannina
The mayor of Ioannina, Moses Elisaf, again appealed to citizens to strictly respect the measures to limit the spread of the pandemic.
The mayor pointed out that despite the restrictive measures, the number of cases remains high while the Nursing Home raises great concerns.
“The image of our region is not good. We are in the last minute. No measure will work without strict compliance.” I urge all our fellow citizens to adhere to measures to reduce the spread of the virus, “said the mayor.
Mr. Elisaf praised the work carried out at the Ioannina University Hospital by all the staff, highlighting the need not to exhaust their capacities in the critical days that the Prefecture is going through.
Negative record with 508 new cases, 227 in Attica
At the same time, it is recalled today that EODY announced today 508 new cases of coronavirus, of which 64 are associated with known outbreaks.
More details:
- 12 cases during controls carried out at the country’s entry gates
- 6 imported cases, which came voluntarily for control
- 227 cases from the Attica region
- 63 cases of PE Thessaloniki
- 1 box of PE Argolida
- 7 PE cases from acaya
- 5 cases of PE Evros
- 2 cases of PE From Evia
- 1 box of PE De Ilia
- 3 cases of PE Imathia
- 5 cases of PE Heraklion
- 1 box of PE Thesprotia
- 31 cases of PE Ioannina
- 5 cases of PE Kavala
- 1 box of PE Kalymnos
- 1 box of PE Karditsa
- 20 cases of PE Kastoria
- 5 cases of PE Corfu
- 24 cases of PE Kozani
- 1 box of PE Corinth
- 1 box of PE Kos
- 14 cases of PE from Larissa
- 2 cases of PE Lesbos
- 1 box of PE Lemnos
- 8 cases of PE Magnesia
- 3 cases of PE from messenia
- 1 box of PE Μήλου
- 1 box of PE Mykonos
- 3 cases of PE Naxos
- 4 cases of PE Pella
- 1 box of PE Preveza
- 1 box of PE From Rethymno
- 2 cases of PE Rodopi
- 9 cases of PE Rhodes
- 8 cases of PE Serres
- 1 box of PE Sporades
- 5 cases of PE Trikala
- 1 box of PE Florina
- 1 box of PE Φωκίδας
- 1 box of PE From Halkidiki
- 1 box of PE Chania
- 3 cases of PE Chios
- 15 cases under investigation
Thus, the total number of cases is 24,450, of which 55.6% are men, of which 3,454 (14.1%) are considered related to travel from abroad and 9,893 (40.5%) are related to an already known case. 
81 intubated
Meanwhile, 81 of our fellow citizens are being treated by intubation. Their average age is 67 years.
Of these, 24 (29.6%) are women and the rest are men. 95.1% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older.
At the same time, 255 patients have been discharged from the ICU.
Eight new deaths
Finally, we have eight more registered deaths and 490 deaths in total in the country. 184 (37.6%) are women and the rest are men.
The mean age of our deceased fellow citizens was 79 years and 96.3% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.
Age distribution
The age distribution of (a) total cases, (b) cases that resulted in death, and (c) patients treated by intubation, is as follows: 
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. 
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