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the suffocating pressure on the healthcare system of the country with ICU be still full, especially in northern Greece, even though the curve for new coronavirus cases decreases almost throughout the territory.
“There is a further decrease in the seven-day moving average of cases, which is estimated at 1,750 cases per day,” said the Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the EKPA School of Medicine. Vana Papaevangelou, during the periodic information of the Ministry of Health on the course of the new coronavirus in the country.
“In third week of confinement The decrease in cases was significantly greater than in previous weeks, however in some regional units, such as Pieria, the Phthiotide and the Etoloakarnania, we have not yet seen a clear reduction in cases. The epidemiological burden remains high, especially in northern Greece and in many large cities. “
360 admissions of coronavirus patients per day
The average of deaths and intubations due to coronavirus increases at the same time that the fullness of ICU-COVID reaches 84% in the territory, with the percentage in Attica being 79% and in Thessaloniki 94%.
The pressure on the NSS is maintained, Ms. Papaevangelou emphasized, while with regard to imports there is, as she said, a gradual reduction. Today, about 4,000 patients are hospitalized, while last week average it is about 360 imports per day.
For his part, the assistant professor of the EKPA School of Medicine and member of the Expert Committee, Gikas Majorkinis, reported that the reduction of active cases continues, however this week the contraction seems to be less.
“The decline in large urban centers continued this week at a slower pace. Specifically in Attica and Thessaloniki, estimates show that active game number remains below 1, with Attica probably staying slightly lower than Thessaloniki based on the number of new diagnoses. “Based on the rate of the pipelines, Thessaloniki appears to be lower than Attica,” he said.
“Active cases in both regions remain extremely high.”
As he said, Attica showed reduction of diagnoses at a rate of around 15-20% on average throughout the week and Thessaloniki showed a decrease of 20-22%. The load in the north is holding up, while Larissa’s load remains high. The southern part of the country maintains a lower burden, while in the less urban areas the epidemic is stabilizing with small but declining points, according to Majorkinis.
In northern Greece 66.4% of cases
The Undersecretary of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardals, reported that the active coronavirus cases across the country is 16,617, with 66.4% of them located in the northern part of Greece, adding that 42.3% are in the Central Macedonia Region.
He noted that among the areas for which there is great concern in the last week are the regional units:
- Pieria: 568 active cases, 80 are hospitalized
- Imathia: 486 active cases, 103 are hospitalized
- Pella: 548 active cases, 84 are hospitalized
- Drama: 454 active cases, 83 are hospitalized
- Xanthi: 376 active cases, 38 are hospitalized
- Florina: 172 active cases, 26 are hospitalized
He added that especially in these areas there is a gradual displacement of cases from urban centers to the countryside.
Finally, Nikos Hardalias sounded the alarm for ten more areas:
At the same time, in addition to these six areas, there are others that are epidemiologically burdened, “they remain at high risk despite any slight decrease or flattening of the case curve.” These are the following ten Regional Units:
- Thessaloniki with 4,375 active cases of which 1,297 are hospitalized
- of Grevena with 123 cases of which 42 are hospitalized
- of Larissa with 873 cases of which 111 are hospitalized
- of Magnesia with 402 cases of which 36 are hospitalized
- of Halkidiki with 276 cases of which 60 are hospitalized
- Kilkis with 181 cases of which 28 are hospitalized
- of Karditsa with 253 cases of which 44 are hospitalized
- de Serres with 572 cases of which 152 are hospitalized
- of Trikala with 249 cases of which 39 are hospitalized and
- Kavala with 338 cases of which 52 are hospitalized
