Update – 09/02/2022
February 9, 2022
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As of the latest update by the Greek authorities, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece 2,090,383. 108 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 24,322. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 524. 22,889 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 6,000 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 2,878 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
The number of reported coronavirus-related deaths remained over 100 for the second straight day on Tuesday with 108 fatalities, following Monday’s toll of 109.
The daily briefing by the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also revealed 22,889 new cases and stated that there are currently 524 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Unites across Greece.
The new cases were identified from a total of 511,462 tests, a positivity rate of 4.48%.
Attica, Greece’s most populous regions, reported 6,000 new cases, while the northern port city of Thessaloniki registered 2,878
The new cases brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Greece to 2,090,383, with a total of 24,322 deaths over the same period.
Around 10,000 health professionals working in the National Health System who have not received a booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine will now be required to take two rapid tests per week, the Health Ministry announced Tuesday.
As with other private and public sector employees, these health workers will cover the costs of their tests.
Health Minister Thanos Plevris clarified that health workers who have not had a booster dose, seven months after the second dose of the vaccine or three months after the single-dose one, will not be suspended, as is the case with their unvaccinated colleagues. Their obligation, he stressed, will be to take two rapid tests per week.
“No one is putting those who have received two doses in the same position as those who have not been vaccinated at all,” he said, adding that “those who have received two doses of the vaccine are also vaccinated.
A 39-year-old woman in Iraklio, Crete could face charges of child neglect after keeping her child out of school for two years over Covid-19 concerns.
The woman was arrested Monday following an injunction by the public prosecutor.
The 9-year-old pupil has not attended classes since September 2020.
In more detail, the 22,889 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
