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The new cases of coronavirus that were registered in the last 24 hours in Greece amount to 588, as announced today, Sunday, December 20, by the National Public Health Organization.
During the same period, 70 deaths were recorded, according to EODY data. There were 58 deaths on Saturday and 96 on Friday.
515 patients are treated by intubation, compared to 534 on Saturday and 527 on Friday.
It is observed that about half of the tests were carried out on Sunday compared to Saturday, when 901 new cases were registered. On Friday, 916 cases were registered, also with a greater number of tests.
In detail, from January 1, 2020 until today, in the laboratories that perform tests for the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and that systematically declare all samples to EODY, a total of 2,682,846 samples have been analyzed. clinics (8,639 in the last 24 hours). , up from 17,200 on Saturday and 16,849 on Friday).
440,453 samples from EODY Health Units and Stairs that perform Rapid Ag tests have been analyzed (6,987 in the last 24 hours, compared to 15,401 on Saturday and 19,235 on Friday).
Last Sunday, December 13, 2020, 693 cases and 85 deaths were registered, while 552 patients were treated by intubation.
The EODY announcement
“Today we announce 588 new cases of the new virus in the country, of which 11 were detected after controls on the country’s portals. The total number of cases is 131,072, of which 52.5% are men.
5,211 (4.0%) are considered related to trips from abroad and 38,349 (29.3%) are related to an already known case.
515 of our fellow citizens are being treated by intubation. Their average age is 67 years. 165 (32.0%) are women and the rest are men. 77.1% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 800 patients have been discharged from the ICU.
Finally, we have 70 more deaths registered and 4172 deaths in total in the country. 1,682 (40.3%) women and the rest men. The average age of our deceased fellow citizens was 79 years and 95.7% had some underlying disease and / or 70 years or more ”.
