Update – 18/02/2021
February 18, 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 is 174,659. 13 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 6,194. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 313. 755 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 231 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 125 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
Minister of health Vasilis Kikilias announced that people who lost their appointment to get the vaccine, due to bad weather conditions, should receive an SMS to reschedule. He assured citizens that the scheduled vaccine doses were saved, at most, or distributed to others who didn’t have an appointment, in an effort to waste the minimum number of vaccines.
Ages of 60-64 are next in line for vaccination, starting next week.
Despite the assessment on Wednesday by Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias that the restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus are beginning to pay off, the pressure remains relentless on the health system, especially in Attica, where the occupancy rate of Covid intensive care units rose to 85% on Wednesday noon – with just 36 vacant out of a total 240. Asked about the possibility of recruiting general ICU beds for serious cases of Covid-19, Kikilias said that this would depend on the needs, the epidemiological pressure and the conditions in each area. According to the data cited by Kikilias, in Attica there were a total of 599 beds (Covid and non-Covid) available in ICUs on Wednesday.
According to Kikilias, an increase in the epidemic burden has been recorded in recent days in Achaia, Evia, Rethymno, Ilia, Corinth, Thasos, Argolis, Viotia, Cephalonia, Kalymnos Karpathos, Ioannina and Iraklio.
In more detail, the 755 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
