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The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Greece also brought an increase in ICU intubation, creating fears of a significant burden on the National Health System.
The thirteenth progress report of the Covid Observatory of Greece, which refers to the period from August 27 to September 2, noted the increase in ICU patients. In fact, it is highlighted that “the increase in cases that is registered refers largely to younger ages and asymptomatic or slightly symptomatic patients. However, there is an increase in the burden on the healthcare system compared to the previous report, in terms of ICU / MAF beds (23% filling) “. 
This weekend, intubated people reached 41 years of age. Their average age is 70 years. 10 (24.4%) are women and the rest are men. 92.7% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older.
At the same time, the average age of coronavirus patients rises to 39. This means that young people have begun to transmit the virus again to those in their fifties and sixties, who are at a higher risk of needing treatment.
“The August age curve shows that the cases were between the ages of 20 and 29, and slowly the curve shifts to older ages and reaches the average age of 39 and may go even higher. This is expected to happen. , because the spread begins in the young, and what we fear is the transfer to fifty and sixty, which are closer to the asymptomatic ages. “These ages are not far from the serious disease and this issue worries us and we must pay attention “Gogos said during the briefing on Friday.
The same said Gikas Majorkinis, speaking with SKAI, saying that “the effectiveness of the measures is not going very well in 50-60 and this should concern us.”
Corona virus lurks in closed structures and nursing homes
The coronavirus mercilessly invades nursing homes and closed structures, and its contagion turns red and costs the lives of dozens of our peers.
Within hours, two more elderly people who were infected with coronavirus in a nursing home lost their lives. Anxiety for the 20 older people who tested positive for the virus in the Maroussi nursing home.
Added to the list of victims of the pandemic in the country was a 75-year-old woman who was staying in a nursing home in Thessaloniki.
A total of 23 people who were housed in the Asvestochori nursing home lost the battle against the coronavirus. Another 2 come from the Evosmos nursing home. A 92-year-old woman from this nursing home ended up in Thessaloniki this morning.
The next 10 days are crucial, as scientists want the incidence of infections to decrease before schools open and especially before we enter the heart of fall.
Sunday update: more than 11,000 cases
Significantly reduced compared to the previous days, coronavirus cases appeared today in Greece. This may be due to compliance with the measures, but also to the fact that less molecular testing is currently being performed due to the weakness of the National Blood Donation Center (EKEA).
Specifically, EODY announced 144 confirmed cases of the deadly virus in our country, of which 24 were identified after controls at the country’s entry gates. 
The total number of cases is 11,524, of which 55.7% are men, while 2,245 (19.5%) are considered related to travel from abroad and 5,017 (43.5%) are related to a case already known.
Finally, we have 4 more deaths registered and 284 deaths in total in the country. 106 (37.3%) women and the rest men. The mean age of our dying fellow citizens was 78 years and 96.1% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.
The case map
Regarding the distribution of cases, of 119 domestic cases, 20 are associated with outbreaks, while 13 report a recent trip within the country.
Like every day, Attica tops the list with the most cases, counting 51.
Thessaloniki continues with 9 cases, while Pella and Pieria count the same number of cases.
Finally, 7 cases are identified in Heraklion and 6 in Kozani. 
Analytically:
- 24 cases during controls carried out at the country’s entry gates
- 1 imported case that came voluntarily to be tested
- 51 cases in PE Attica, of which 8 are connected by confluence, while 8 report recent travel within the country
- 9 cases in PE Thessaloniki, of which 1 reports a recent trip within the country
- 1 case in PE Etoloakarnania
- 1 case in PE Argolida
- 5 cases in PE Acaya, of which 3 report a recent trip within the country
- 1 case in PE Drama
- 1 case in PE De Evia
- 1 box of PE Zakynthos
- 7 cases in PE Heraklion, of which 2 are associated with confluence, while 1 reports close contact with a confirmed case
- 1 case in PE Kavala
- 3 cases in PE Kastoria, of which 1 is connected by confluence
- 6 cases in PE Kozani, of which 2 report contact with a confirmed case
- 1 case in PE Cyclades
- 4 cases in PE Larissa, of which 2 report contact with a confirmed case
- 2 cases in PE Lesbos, connected by the confluence
- 9 cases in PE Pella, of which 3 are associated with a known confluence, while 1 reports a recent trip within the country
- 9 cases in PE Pieria, of which 4 are associated with confluence, while 3 report contact with a confirmed case
- 1 case in PE From Rethymno
- 2 cases in PE Serres
- 2 cases in PE Trikala
- 1 case in PE Φωκίδας
- 1 case is under investigation
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