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In 24 hours, Greece recorded another 1,678 coronavirus cases, according to today’s EODY report.
Of these, 91 are associated with influxes and 25 were identified after checks at the country’s gates. Nationwide it is 1,653 out of 1,678 and the first is again Thessaloniki with 449, while Attica follows with 300 cases.
The total number of cases is 40,929, of which 55.1% are men. 4,137 (10.1%) are considered related to trips from abroad and 13,493 (33.0%) are related to an already known case.
Today 140 patients are treated by intubation. Their average age is 66. 37 (26.4%) are women and the rest are men. 93.6% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 291 patients have been discharged from the ICU.
Finally, 9 more deaths were recorded and since the beginning of the pandemic, Greece has tallied 635 deaths in total. Of these, 241 (38.0%) were women and the rest were men. The median age of death was 79 years and 96.2% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health, Vassilis Kikilias, implemented an emergency plan for Thessaloniki, due to the increase in cases of the coronavirus. In the midst of an unprecedented outbreak, 43 new ICU-COVID beds were secured in order to increase the capacity of the SNA in the co-capital.
Infectious diseases professor Charalambos Gogos commented this morning that the epidemiological situation is bad in Thessaloniki: “In Thessaloniki things are going wrong, in Athens things are problematic.” Both the State and health workers must protect the health system , increase ICU beds for COVID, something that has begun “, said the professor.
He estimated that in the next few days more cases could be registered, since these occurred with the previous measures in force. “Unfortunately at the moment there is a big wave, we are in the most difficult phase of the global pandemic”
According to the information, an expanded air transport plan from Thessaloniki to other areas with available ICUs is being considered. At the same time, the Ministry of Health is considering encouraging doctors, intensivists, pulmonologists and anesthesiologists, a salary of up to 3,000 euros, for the time they will be in the Covid-19 ICU.
ICU staffing is considered a chronic problem, but especially at this time it seems that the problem is becoming more pressing. It is indicative that in the Sotiria hospital, of the 50 ICU beds that were installed after a donation from Parliament, only 12 work in the first phase because there are no staff available.
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