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Greece Registers 248 New Coronavirus Cases in Last 24 Hours, 3 Deaths

September 9, 2020

ATHENS — Greece on Wednesday registered 248 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 19 identified at entry points to the country, said the National Public Health Organisation (EODY).

All coronavirus cases in Greece since the pandemic broke out in Greece total 12,080. Of these, 2,297 are linked to travel abroad and 5,296 to an already registered case.

Forty-six Greeks are intubated. Eleven are women and the median age of all is 68 years. An 87 pct have an underlying condition or are aged 70 and above. A total of 167 people have been discharged since the start of the pandemic in Greece.

In addition, it was announced that 3 people died in the last 24 hours, bringing the fatalities total to 293. Of the total, 108 were women, while the median age for all was 78 years and 96.2 pct had an underlying condition and/or age 70 and above.

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