Viral load is four times higher in Attica than in Thessaloniki



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With sober optimism closes your first day 2021 from the point of view of its course coronavirus in our country, after the foot of its first epidemiological report National Public Health Organization (EODY) for the new year shows a number cases less than the previous days, and uncertain as to its stability.

THE New Year find our country in front of 597 new diagnoses of SARS-CoV-2 in 28,600 tests conducted throughout the country, showing a slight decrease in the number of cases compared to the previous two days. Respectively, intubated people decreased by nine compared to yesterday and reached 429.

THE The number of cases, however, cannot be considered in any way indicative of the general situation, as experts from the Committee on Infectious Diseases characterize the Christmas season as a “double-edged sword” for the development of pandemic, on the one hand due to the greater mobility of the population and on the other hand due to the very strict controls carried out greek police intended to reduce movement and overcrowding.

Attica has four times the viral load of Thessaloniki

Usually caution the large number also contributes cases in total in Attica (210), with its center and west Athens To once again maintain the leadership with 52 and 64 diagnoses respectively, the North and South sectors will be shared by 21 cases, the east of attica notice 32 confirmed cases of coronavirus and Piraeus 20.

It is characteristic that now the Attica have the four times the viral load from the Thessaloniki, in which 79 cases The last 24 hours seem to tend towards a stabilization, according to the analysis of the wastewater of the urban complex of the city. However, as experts from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki point out, today the weekly chart to monitor the spread of the coronavirus in the community may reflect an improvement in the epidemiological picture, however, the de-escalation is slowing down. This means that the virus is “waiting” and the borderline situation can be reversed at any time.

Alarm Remains in Northern Greece – Concern for Laconia

And in various areas the rest of Greece, However, the situation is considered critical, as the northern part of the country remains a great concern for specialists and faces a rather serious problem in hospitals. Indicatively, in Rodopi and Kozani cases exceed 30 (37 and 31 respectively), while Kavala, Serres, Xanthi, Florina, Evros and Magnesia they also follow with a two-digit number of cases.

Furthermore, the focus was on today and Laconia with 21 cases, showing a significant increase in the zero incidents registered in the area on the day of Christmas.

Finally, the most important element that does not allow complacency is the constantly high number of intubated, that even today surpasses them 400, with the percentage of patients aged 40 to 65 who actually achieve 38.5%.

Fact is that from next week experts You can make an assessment of the meteorological situation to determine if the stabilization of the epidemiological picture below 1,000 cases is realistic or fictitious due to the lower number of tests and results carried out during the holidays.

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