Concern about the large number of cases of coronavirus announced yesterday by EODY is prevalent among scientists, while hospitalizations and reinfections are increasing day by day in Greece.
As it became known yesterday, the new laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease (persons) recorded in the last 24 hours were 18,948.
What is more worrying, however, is not the increased number of new infections but the thousands of reinfections and the number of patients who need to be hospitalised due to complications of coronavirus.
It is significant that the number of possible new reinfections recorded in the last 24 hours was 3.929 while since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic the total number is estimated at 199,004 (5.0% of the total number of positive results).
Hospital admissions are soaring
The second alarming figure concerns the admissions of new COVID-19 patients to hospitals in the country. Yesterday, 362 patients were admitted (daily change +8.71%) when the seven-day average is 301 patients.
"Dizzying" numbers
A more detailed picture with more data on the new pandemic wave our country is facing is recorded in the 108th progress report of the Observatory.
This report concerns the data recorded on cases, deaths, intubations and admissions from 23 to 29 June, when a significant increase, especially in covid diagnoses, started to become apparent.
According to the EHRC, the Rt index is estimated at 1.35 on 29 June, showing an increase compared to the previous report (1.32).
EHRC data also indicate that the positivity rate increased significantly to 12.07% in the 7 days from 20 to 26 June, up from 8.77% (the previous 7 days).
Nearly 60% increase in cases in one week
The daily average of daily cases was on a 7-day rolling basis at 12,529 cases, up from 7,873 in the previous report, recording a significant increase of +59.1% compared to the previous week. In the period under review, 61.2% of cases were recorded in Attica and 8.0% in Thessaloniki, while the remaining cases are scattered throughout the country.
High risk level for 4 regions
According to the latest international data (28/6/2022), Greece, with 2,913 deaths per 1 million inhabitants, ranks 11th in the European Union of 27 countries. The European average number of deaths per 1 million inhabitants is 2,467. The rate of doubling1 of cases was 155 days (from 151 days) and of deaths 263 (from 258 days), compared to the previous report.
According to the latest report of the Committee of Epidemiologists (20/6/2022), no Regional Unit (RO) is classified at the very high risk level (level 5) and 4 ROs of Heraklion, Karpathos, Lemnos and Mykonos are classified at the high risk level (level 4).
Source: in.gr
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