Update – 24/02/2021
February 24, 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 182,783. 22 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 6,343. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 357. 2,147 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 1,047 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 205 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
A total of 1,047 new instances of the virus were located in Attica, home to Athens, Greece’s capital city. Transmission of the virus is particularly high in the center of Athens, where 285 cases of the virus were identified on Tuesday. In Piraeus, the port of Athens, 259 instances of the virus were diagnosed.
In Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, a total of 205 cases of Covid-19 were identified in the last 24 hours.
Greek doctors and healthcare workers took to the streets of Athens on Tuesday to protest what they called the “suffocating” conditions in the country’s hospitals, specifically its Covid-19 wards. The doctors, on a day-long strike, described their extremely difficult working conditions, including countless hours at clinics that are overflowing with patients sick with the coronavirus. Donning surgical masks and carrying banners, the doctors marched through the center of Athens to the Ministry of Health, giving a human face to the often-invisible healthcare workers who have been fighting at the front lines of the pandemic ever since last spring.
Greece’s public hospitals are currently functioning at 80% capacity, with many hospital beds occupied by coronavirus patients, leaving little availability for other people without the virus who need treatment. The deluge of coronavirus patients, many of whom require intensive treatment such as intubation, has placed immense stress on Greece’s healthcare system, which was already weakened after the country’s long economic crisis.
Greece’s Doctor’s Union warned that the lack of resources, especially staff and hospital beds, poses a “serious risk for both critically ill COVID-19 patients and critically ill patients with other diseases.”
Due to the difficult conditions, which are only worsening as the number of the country’s cases and intubations rise, Greek doctors demand that the state construct new wards exclusively for Covid-19 patients, rather than using existing clinics dedicated to other patients. They have also requested that Greece use resources from private clinics and hospitals to help the country’s public hospitals, as well as hire more staff.
In more detail, the 2,147 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
