Update – 10/12/2021
December 10, 2021
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As of the latest update by the Greek authorities, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece 989,814. 81 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 18,982. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 708. 5,523 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 1,629 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 940 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
Despite signs the fourth pandemic wave is ebbing, active cases continue to hover above 50,000, while 4,800 patients are in hospital with Covid and, according to experts, the number of intubated patients will be between 650 and 700 throughout December.
A total of 5,523 new cases, 81 deaths and 708 hospital admissions were reported Thursday. Experts noted that the number of positive diagnoses this week has decreased by 11% compared to the previous week, while new hospital admissions fell 8%. However, ICU admissions increased by 8% and deaths by 3%.
Experts reiterated that booster shots are an important and safe weapon in fighting the virus and people should not hesitate any longer. Despite the stabilization of the epidemic burden in places like Ioannina and Corfu, there has been an rise in cases in people aged 50-65. The common denominator in these areas is that only 50% of those vaccinated have received a booster.
Vasilis Leventis, the leader of the Union of Centrists party, who had been battling a severe case of Covid-19, was discharged from hospital after 75 days, according to an announcement on Thursday.
“The state of his health is considered satisfactory,” Athens’ Evangelismos Hospital said.
The 69-year-old politician and former MP had not been vaccinated against Covid-19 and was a vaccine skeptic. He is suffering from an underlying condition.
He was admitted to Evangelismos in September after spending about 10 days under medical supervision at home and was intubated soon after as his health deteriorated.
The European Union’s drugs regulator said it could make sense for countries in the bloc to administer Covid-19 vaccine boosters as early as three months after the initial two-shot regimen.
“While the current recommendation is to administer boosters preferably after six months, the data currently available support safe and effective administration of a booster as early as three months from completion,” the European Medicines Agency’s Head of Vaccines Strategy, Marco Cavaleri, told a media briefing.He added that the public health perspective of member states would play into such a decision.
Cavaleri also said that so far no safety concerns have emerged from the United States’ vaccination campaign among five to-11 year-old children
In more detail, the 5,523 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
