April 27, 2024

Athens News

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COVID-19: 40 deaths and 25 intubated in the last week


According to the latest EODY data, the decrease in the number of SARS-CoV2/Covid-19 virus infections continued in the previous 34th week of surveillance in our country.

Reportedly, “in all samples tested, the presence of positive COVID-19 results showed a slight decrease compared to the previous week. The number of hospitalizations also showed a slight decrease (629 cases in total) compared to the previous week and an increase of 26% relative to the average weekly number of new cases. hospitalizations in the previous 4 weeks.

The number of new intubations (19 people) increased compared to the previous week and compared to the average weekly number of new intubations during the previous 4 weeks (previously 8 people).

40 deaths of patients have been registered. Mean age 87 years (range 64-97 years). During the last few weeks, all identified strains belong to Omicron BA.2. At week 30, the most common BA.2 subvariant was EG.5 (39%), followed by XBB.1.5 (38%). Observation for viral load in urban wastewater showed increased circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 4 out of 10 areas tested.

As far as the influenza virus is concerned, the community positivity for influenza remains below 10%. And at 34 weeks 2023 one new severe case of laboratory-confirmed influenza was reported with admission to the intensive care unit. However, no new deaths from laboratory-confirmed influenza have been reported. For respiratory syncytial virus RSV, all specimens tested were negative.



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