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Greek-American James A. Koshivos, 21, Killed after Car Plunged into Ocean
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
ATHENS – Another 10 new coronavirus cases and one death were officially recorded in Greece in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported on Wednesday evening, bringing the total of infections since the start of the outbreak in the country to 2,850.
So far, of the total infections, 617 are traced to travel abroad and 1,476 to known cases in Greece.
Twenty-two hospitalized Greeks are intubated. Their average age is 72 years old and 8 of them are women. The overwhelming majority (95.5 pct) have an underlying illness or are over 70 years of age. Another 96 have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the outbreak.
Fatalities since the beginning of the outbreak stand at 166, with 48 of them being women. The average age of the deceased was 75 years and 94 pct had some underlying illness and/or were 70 years of age or more.
A total of 139,445 diagnostic tests for Covid-19 have so far been carried out in Greece.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
BCHARRE, Lebanon (AP) — Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, the miracle where Jesus Christ, on a mountaintop, shined with light before his disciples.
ATHENS – On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Maria Callas, widely considered the greatest diva in the history of opera, the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy-U.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, Republican Rep.
LONDON (AP) — The British government apologized Wednesday to the families of 97 Liverpool soccer fans who died after a stadium crush 34 years ago, as it introduced a charter it said will sharply diminish the chances that others will endure the kinds of injustices they suffered.
CAIRO (AP) — A cargo ship broke down in Egypt's Suez Canal on Wednesday and crashed into a bridge over the crucial waterway, authorities said, adding that the incident did not disrupt traffic through the canal.