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Update – 21/03/2022

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As of the latest update by the Greek authorities, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece 2,788,654. 44 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 26,937. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 364. 12,462 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 4,131 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 1,371 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tested negative for Covid-19 on Sunday. He is expected to return to his office on Monday.

Mitsotakis had tested positive for coronavirus and self-isolated at home last Monday, a day after a trip to Istanbul.

“In the daily rapid test that I did today in the office, I tested positive for Covid-19. Consequently I will be se self-isolating in my home and work from there,” the prime minister had announced in a video posted to Instagram.

The gradual prevalence of the Omicron 2 sub-variant of the coronavirus, the delayed reappearance of the flu that had almost vanished since the spring of 2020, and the easing of measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 could threaten to delay the return to normalcy, health experts have told Kathimerini.

Patients infected with the Omicron 2 experience more severe symptoms, and especially a high fever that tends to last only 24 hours. The frequency of such infections rose steadily at the end of February, amounting to 6.4% of cases of the Omicron variant. By March 10, the percentage had exceeded 25%, while in some areas of the country it has now reached 50%.

The average number of overall daily coronavirus cases has increased by 32% compared to a week ago.

“The only thing for sure is that we have not yet gotten rid of Covid-19,” the experts told Kathimerini.

In more detail, the 12,462 new cases detected per Regional Unit:

  • Attica 4,131
    • Eastern Attica 568
    • Northern Sector of Athens  757
    • West Attica 109
    • Western Sector of Athens 472
    • Central Sector of Athens 1,212
    • Southern Sector of Athens 486
    • Piraeus 452
    • Islands 75
  • Thessaloniki 1,371
  • Etoloakarnania 260
  • Andros 10
  • Argolida 101
  • Arcadia 132
  • Arta 62
  • Achaia 318
  • Boeotia 116
  • Grevena 48
  • Drama 77
  • Evros 101
  • Evia 214
  • Evritania 39
  • Zakynthos 66
  • Ilia 119
  • Imathia 74
  • Heraklion 546
  • Thassos 15
  • Thesprotia 35
  • Thira 43
  • Ithaca 1
  • Ikaria 26
  • Ioannina 190
  • Kavala 87
  • Kalymnos 50
  • Karditsa 108
  • Karpathos 2
  • Kastoria 24
  • Corfu 149
  • Kefalonia 44
  • Kilkis 59
  • Kozani 198
  • Corinth 178
  • Kos 60
  • Laconia 150
  • Larissa 347
  • Lasithi 99
  • Lesvos 84
  • Lefkada 48
  • Lemnos 24
  • Magnesia 259
  • Messinia 150
  • Milos 7
  • Mykonos 23
  • Naxos 44
  • Xanthi 77
  • Paros 22
  • Pella 136
  • Pieria 86
  • Preveza 62
  • Rethymnon 160
  • Rodopi 70
  • Rhodes 104
  • Samos 17
  • Serres 177
  • Sporades 22
  • Syros 32
  • Tinos 5
  • Trikala 167
  • Fthiotida 236
  • Florina 85
  • Fokida 27
  • Chalkidiki 102
  • Chania 267
  • Chios 64
  • Under investigation 230

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