Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday a full Covid-19 lockdown for the Attica region, where half of Greece s population lives, in order to stem the further spread of the novel coronavirus.All schools in the region will .
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Stricter curfew laws imposed as 249 patients remain on ventilators nationwide An elderly resident of Thymena receiving an injection with a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, during the visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) on the Eastern Aegean island last Friday. The Greek Prime Minister also visited the remote Aegean islands Ikaria and Fournoi. Photo:AAP via EPA/DIMITRIS PAPAMITSOS / GREEK PM OFFICE / HANDOUT
7 February 2021 3:50pm
According to Greece’s National Public Health Organisation (EODY) the country confirmed 1,113 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, of which 12 were identified at the country’s entry points.
On 2 February, Greece reported the highest number of new Covid-19 cases since 11 December 2020 with figures remaining above 1,000 since.
Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket in Greece with 1,261 on Tuesday
Credit: Greek government
Transmission of the coronavirus has surged in Greece, as the country recorded a stunning 1,261 cases on Tuesday, which represents 718 more than the 543 cases that were diagnosed in the country one day earlier, on Monday.
Tragically, 22 people with the virus passed away in the country over the past 24-hour period, which is 11 fewer than those recorded yesterday.
Currently, 244 patients with Covid-19 are now intubated in Greece, four fewer than those who were intubated in the country on Monday.
The incredible rise in cases in the country comes as transmission of the virus has increased by approximately 40% in Attica, home to Athens, the Greek capital.
ATHENS, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) A total of 32 cases of the mutated strain of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Greece after further analysis of samples going back to Nov. 11, Greece's National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Sunday.