Update – 01/10/2020

As of the latest update by the Greek authorities on Wednesday, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece is 18,475. 3 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 391. The number of patients treated in intensive care units stands at 78. 354 new cases where announced yesterday in Greece, maintaining the daily number above 300. 195 of the new cases were found in the Attica region.

Amid continuing concerns about the rise in coronavirus infections, health authorities were on alert on Wednesday after 35 residents of a retirement home in Agios Panteleimonas tested positive for the virus. The government’s chief epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras and Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias visited the home where other residents and staff were to be tested. “Things are not going well in Athens,” Tsiodras said, referring to the course of the virus in the capital, noting that such outbreaks at retirement homes are usually triggered by staff.  

Two men have been placed under police guard in Crete after they allegedly breached quarantine rules. The two men, said to be French nationals aged 32 and 33, had been ordered to self-isolated in a designated hotel after testing positive to coronavirus on their arrival at Hania airport.

Education Minister Niki Kerameus on Wednesday vowed measures to make up for lost teaching hours in schools affected by student sit-ins. Pupils have locked down hundreds of school grounds across the country, mostly over coronavirus measures. Kerameus on Wednesday said classes would be held on school holidays, Saturdays and instead of field trips to compensate for lost time. She added that lessons would revert to distance learning for all schools affected by protest action.

A total of 2,800 teachers at Greek primary and secondary schools have been exempted from teaching in classrooms as they belong to high-risk groups for infection from the coronavirus. New teachers are to be recruited to fill some of the gaps while the 2,800 who have exemptions are to give online lessons from their homes to students who, for reasons of their own, are continuing lessons from home. 

Regarding yesterday’s 354 cases:

23 were detected during the tests carried out at Greece’s entry points

6 imported case that took the test voluntarily

195 cases were detected in the regional unit of Attica

12 cases were detected in the regional unit of Thessaloniki

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Arkadia

9 cases were detected in the regional unit of Achaia

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Voiotia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Drama

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Evoia

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Imathia

5 cases were detected in the regional unit of Iraklio

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Thira

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Ioannina

10 cases were detected in the regional unit of Karditsa

6 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kastroria

5 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kozani

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Lakonia

6 cases were detected in the regional unit of Larissa

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Lesvo

13 cases were detected in the regional unit of Pellas

5 cases were detected in the regional unit of Pierias

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Rodos

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Samos

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Serres

8 cases were detected in the regional unit of Trikala

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Fthiotida

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Florina

21 cases remain under investigation

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