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Greece Confirms 209 New Coronavirus Cases on Monday, 17 Deaths

ATHENS — Greece confirmed 209 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 4 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Monday.

Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 418.548 infections (daily change: +0.0 pct). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 32 infections are related to travel from abroad and 672 to other confirmed cases.

There are also 17 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 12.565. Of these, 95.2 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.

A total of 283 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 66 years and 83.4 pct have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over. Another 2.615 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.

In addition, 48 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change: -27.27 pct). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 65.

The median age of new infections is 43 years (range: 0.2 to 106 years), while the median age of the deceased is 78 (range: 0.2 to 106 years).

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