ATHENS – Greece confirmed 19,002 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 27 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Saturday.

Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 2,623,628 infections (daily change: +0.8 pct). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 214 infections are related to travel from abroad and 1,305 to other confirmed cases.

There are also 39 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 26,513. Of these, 95.2 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.

A total of 363 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 68 years and 89.5 pct have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over. Of the total, 246 (67.77 pct) are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 117 (32.23 pct) are fully vaccinated. Another 4,348 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.

In addition, 269 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -15.94 pct). The average daily admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 283.

The median age of new infections is 35 years (range: 0.2 to 108 years), while the median age of the deceased is 79 (range: 0.2 to 106 years).