Update – 07/10/2020

As of the latest update by the Greek authorities on Tuesday, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece is 20,541. 3 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 420. The number of patients treated in intensive care units stands at 87. 399 new cases where announced yesterday in Greece, maintaining the daily number above 300. 213 of the new cases were found in the Attica region.

Greece entered the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic during the first 10 days of August, a member of the government’s advisory committee on the virus said during a televised briefing on Tuesday. Gkikas Magiorkinis, assistant professor of epidemiology at Athens University, said that new confirmed cases ranged between 200 and 400 on most days of the last month, with a mild rising tendency. The health system is feeling the pressure of the gradual increase in intubated patients, who currently have passed the 80 mark. Most of the virus load continues to be recorded in the region of Attica, which accounts for over 50 pct of all new cases nationally on a daily basis. However, the increase in new infections seems to be gradual. “We have not yet seen an upward trend that will worry us, we have a slow growth rate at the moment,” he said. The epidemiologist warned that an increase of contagion is expected in the coming winter, with more people spending time indoors.

Greece’s Civil Defence will unveil on Friday a four-level health safety map to be used in assessing the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in each region of the country, Deputy Civil Defense Minister Nikos Hardalias announced on Tuesday during a regular briefing on developments with the virus. The map will help determine any local restrictive measures that may be required to stem the spread of the virus in a specific area, depending on the severity of the outbreak. The four levels will be: 1) preparedness; 2) monitoring; 3) increased monitoring, and 4) increased threat. Further details will be presented on Friday.

Police on the Ionian island of Corfu on Tuesday apprehended a customer who had been in a store without a face mask after he tried to elude a fine and then resisted arrest, according to officers. According to police, the man started threatening officers when they asked him to step outside the store so that they could issue him with a fine for violating regulations stipulating the use of face masks in closed areas to avert the spread of the coronavirus.

Regarding yesterday’s 399 cases:

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

7 imported cases that took the test voluntarily

213 cases were detected in the regional unit of Attica

8 cases were detected in the regional unit of Thessaloniki

6 cases were detected in the regional unit of Aitoloakarnania

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Argolida

12 cases were detected in the regional unit of Achaia

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Voiotia

9 cases were detected in the regional unit of Evoia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Zakinthos

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Ilia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Iraklio

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kea

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kefalonia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Mesinia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Rodos

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Sporades

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Florina

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Chalkidiki

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Chania

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Fthiotida

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Samos

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Rodopi

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Pieria

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kilkis

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Magnisia

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Larisa

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kozani

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Korinthos

5 cases were detected in the regional unit of Xanthi

8 cases were detected in the regional unit of Trikala

9 cases were detected in the regional unit of Karditsa

10 cases were detected in the regional unit of Pellas

12 cases were detected in the regional unit of Ioannina

11 cases were detected in the regional unit of Lesvos

18 cases remain under investigation

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