Update – 20/10/2020

As of the latest update by the Greek authorities on Monday, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece is 25,802. 11 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 520. The number of patients treated in intensive care units stands at 85. 438 new cases where announced yesterday in Greece, maintaining the daily number above 400. 175 of the new cases were found in the Attica region.

Authorities decided on Monday to intensify inspections in Thessaloniki to avert the prospect of bumping the northern port city up into a higher alert category following a worrying spike in coronavirus infections in recent days. Amid a broader increase in cases nationwide, infections in Thessaloniki have risen sharply recently with more than 400 cases reported in the past 10 days, 49 of them on Monday. The spike has put Thessaloniki at risk of entering the alert category of 2 or 3 (with 4 being the highest), hence the decision for more inspections on compliance with restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the virus. The move came after chief epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras briefed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of the situation in Thessaloniki on Monday. Mitsotakis visited the capital’s Sotiria hospital to inaugurate 50 new intensive care beds – a donation from Greece’s Parliament budget. Thanks to further donations by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and other benefactors, the Greek health service will acquire even more ICU capacity over the coming month, Mitsotakis said.

A 88-year-old resident at a nursing home in the northern Athens suburb of Agios Stefanos has tested positive for coronavirus, according to reports Monday. Reports said the woman patient was taken to the capital’s Gennimatas Hospital.

Three schools in northern Greece were disinfected and three classes that were suspended after students were found positive to the novel coronavirus. The classrooms which the three pupils attended in a primary school and two high schools in Sindos, a suburb of the city of Thessaloniki, were shut down, in line with the protocol of the National Public Health Organization. The infected students have been quarantined and are currently asymptomatic. Crews from the Municipality of Delta carried out disinfections in the schools as well as the municipal indoor gym of Sindos.

Regarding yesterday’s 438 cases:

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

8 imported cases that took the test voluntarily

175 cases were detected in the regional unit of Attica

49 cases were detected in the regional unit of Thessaloniki

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Aitoloakarnania

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Argolida

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Achaia

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Voiotia

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Evoia

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Imathia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Iraklio

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Thesprotia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Thira

8 cases were detected in the regional unit of Ioannina

7 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kavala

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Karditsa

5 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kastoria

5 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kerkyra

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kefalonia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kilkis

21 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kozani

6 cases were detected in the regional unit of Korinthos

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kos

6 cases were detected in the regional unit of Larissa

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Lasithi

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Lesvos

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Magnisia

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Messinia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Mykonos

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Pellas

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Pierias

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Preveza

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Rodopi

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Samos

28 cases were detected in the regional unit of Serres

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Sporades

5 cases were detected in the regional unit of Trikala

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Fokida

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Chalkidiki

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Chios

19 cases remain under investigation

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