Update – 23/09/2020

As of the latest update by the Greek authorities on Tuesday, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece is 15,928. 8 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 352. The number of patients treated in intensive care units stands at 77. 346 new cases where announced yesterday in Greece, maintaining the daily number above 300. 210 of the new cases were found in the Attica region.

On Monday the government made it clear that a localized lockdown for greater Athens will be required if new restrictions that came into effect do not curb the spread of the virus. 

Restricting public circulation by imposing temporary, localized lockdowns is the “strongest weapon we have” to successfully contain the surge of new coronavirus infections in the Greek capital, and especially in the city center, infectious disease expert Nikos Sipsas said on Tuesday. “We are just one step before a lockdown,” Sipsas, who is a member of the expert committee advising the government on its response to the pandemic, told Skai television.

Athens is already labeled code orange and the “situation could deteriorate at any moment.” “We need to act preemptively and preventatively,” Sipsas said, warning that if measures that went into effect on Monday do not show signs of paying off soon, localized lockdowns will inevitably follow.

“The lockdowns will be periodical, imposed for two weeks until the epidemic curve starts to flatten and then for another two weeks if necessary,” Sipsas said.

Regarding yesterday’s 346 cases:

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

3 imported cases that took the test voluntarily

210 cases were detected in the regional unit of Attica

19 cases were detected in the regional unit of Thessaloniki

11 case was detected in the regional unit of Kozani

7 cases were detected in the regional unit of Samos

9 case was detected in the regional unit of Trikala

6 case was detected in the regional unit of Iraklio

5 case was detected in the regional unit of Argolida

5 case was detected in the regional unit of Achaia

5 case was detected in the regional unit of Imathia

4 case was detected in the regional unit of Pieria

3 case was detected in the regional unit of Kerkira

3 case was detected in the regional unit of Larisa

3 case was detected in the regional unit of Chalkidiki

2 case was detected in the regional unit of Grevena

2 case was detected in the regional unit of Ioannina

2 case was detected in the regional unit of Kastoria

2 case was detected in the regional unit of Kilkis

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kos

2 case was detected in the regional unit of Lasithi

2 case was detected in the regional unit of Xanthi

2 case was detected in the regional unit of Pellas

2 case was detected in the regional unit of Fthiotida

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Evros

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Ilia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Thira

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kavala

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kefalonia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Korinthia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Rethimno

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Serres 3 cases remain under investigation

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