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by upward trends in number of cases in the following days that “creates great pressure throughout the country” he says or President of EODY, Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, which does not exclude new cases today, Tuesday, to overcome your “barrier” 1,000.
the last week EODY has announced more than 5,690 new cases of Covid-19 in the territory, while at the same time increasing the number of intubated in ICU. Indicative of the pressure on the health system is the fact that in the last 24 hours the number of intubated people increased from 95 to 84 on Sunday, October 25.
“There has been a strong upward trend lately. Last week we had more than 900 in the week it is more likely to reach a four digit number, more than 1000. It is very possible that it will happen today ”, stated characteristically Mr. Arkoumaneas, in an interview with Real FM.
“At the end of July we were in 30 cases, we reached 350 and at some point we left 300 and 400 last week and we reached the order of 800-900. This upward trend creates a great pressure A lot of testing is done across the country and we must emphasize this because it is proportional. We have reached we do up to 25,000 tests a day throughout the country and focused and in general ”, he added.
“Tests are done to identify patients and isolate them, so that eventually there is a limit to the spread of the disease.” The next few weeks will be very difficult, “he said.
“THE Thessaloniki has a big increase lately, we have the Ioannina, the Serres, the Kastoria. There are many new areas and areas that we can see in the near future. We see that the younger ones get sicker and they are the ones who give one more dynamic trend in the pandemic “, underlined.
“The concern is whether in 10-15 days we see that this is transferred to the elderly, in the home to the elderly or in vulnerable groups. This is the concern. This is what young people should pay special attention to, as some people think that they themselves do not get sick.
“The next few days will be difficult, because at first we do not see the effectiveness of the implementation of the measures, so we will have a growing trend in the number of cases in the coming days,” he concluded.
