Coronavirus cases in Greece hit a negative record on Tuesday with 4,608 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. It is the highest number of daily infections since the start of the pandemic in the country.
Health authorities announced on Tuesday also 32 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units increased further to 326.
The Health Ministry announced earlier today a series of new restrictions and obligations for the unvaccinated citizens regarding their access to work and education, entertainment and culture as well as domestic travel.
Of the 5,917,139 vaccinated citizens (56,8% of population with at least one dose):
281,702 Partially vaccinated
5,635,437 Fully vaccinated (54.1%)
Vaccinations tracker per region here.
Official coronavirus data, August 24
Tests in the last 24 hours: PCR 23,867 Rapid tests 98,014
Positivity of PCR & Rapid: 3.78%
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 566,812 infections (daily change: +0.9%). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 170 infections are related to travel abroad and 1923 to other confirmed cases.
Rolling average: 3245 (3165 previous week)
51.1% of the infected are men.
There are 32 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the total of pandemic victims to 13,466. Of these, 95.1% had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
A total of 326 Covid-patients – from 319 a day earlier – are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 65 years. 58.3% are men. 83.1% have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more.
According to EODY, intubated Covid-patients based on age group are:
0-17 : 1
18-39: 12
40-64: 148
65+ : 165
2,926 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
293 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: +9.74%). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 272.
Of the 4,608 new cases, 19 were detected at the entrance gates of the country and 5 among travelers already in the country.
The remaining cases are:
1096 Attica
402 Thessaloniki
232 Ilia
184 Achaia
161 Heraklio
146 Messinia
128 Kavala
122 Rhodes
114 Kozani
105 Evia
104 Larissa
89 Chania 84 Aitoloakarnania
69 Evros 68 Corfu 60 Rethymno
Each 47 Drama, Pieria
Each 43 Imathia, Fthiotida
42 Corinth 41 Viotia
Each 39 Naxos, Pella
37 Trikala
Each 34 LAsithi, Halkidiki
33 Lefkada
Each 32 Lesvos, MAgnisia, Serres
31 LAkonia
28 Thira
Each 27 Zakynthos, Karditsa, Kilkis, Xanthi
25 Ioannina
Each 23 Kastoria, Preveza
Each 21 thesprotia, Ikaria
20 Florina 19 Arta
Each 18 Kalymnos, Mykonos
Each 16 Arcadia, Samos, Chios
15 Rodopi
Each 13 Argolida, Paros
12 Kos
Each 10 Kefalonia, Andos
9 Sporades 8 Grevena
Each 6 Evrytania, Milos, Syros
5 Limnos
Each 4 Karpathos/Kasos, Tinos, Fokida
3 Ithaki