Update – 27/11/2020

As of the latest update by the Greek authorities, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece is 99,306. 99 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 2,001. The number of patients treated in intensive care units stands at 608. 2,018 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece, maintaining the daily number above 2,000. 408 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 562 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.

Greece extends the lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 until Monday, December 7, government spokesperson Stelios Petsas announced on Thursday. The lockdown extension was expected as the number of new infections remains steadily at 2,000-3,000 cases and the deaths are around 100 every day, despite the second, stricter lockdown. “There are some first signs of a decrease in the number of cases. If it continues at this pace, then the pressure on the National Health System will begin to ease,” Petsas said. “Only then we can plan a gradual return to some kind of normalcy,” he added. “At present, the existing restrictive measures for the protection against the coronavirus are extended until Monday, December 7, 2020 at 06.00 in the morning.”

First Covid-19 Patients from Northern Greece Transferred to Athens. Three patients from the Drama region suffering from Covid-19 were airlifted to hospitals in Athens on Thursday, as hospitals in northern Greece reached capacity due to the virus surge. The patients were transferred in isolation capsules inside an Air Force C-130 carrier aircraft that left from the Elefsina military airport on Thursday morning and landed in the city of Kavala, public broadcaster ERT said.

Reacting to the government’s extension of the lockdown until December 7, some doctors say it is not enough. Athanassios Exadactylos, president of the Panhellenic Medical Association, said the lockdown ought to be extended by two weeks, adding that he doesn’t see a drop in cases but a stabilization at high levels. “When we have 596 patients in intensive care units and a relaxation of measures brings in another 100…we will give up. The health system has a limited number of available spaces.” Exadactylos said a relaxation should happen when new daily cases drop below 1,000 and the number of patients in intensive care also drops to a “safe” level, for the system.

Matina Pagoni, president of the Association of Athens-Piraeus hospital doctors, said that the week of December 7-14 will be crucial.

Another scientist, Professor of Microbiology Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, told Skai TV Thursday that the lockdown could be lifted in stages, depending on geographical area and on activity. Vatopoulos added that schools should open first, then retail and restaurants, cafes, bars and clubs last.

Regarding travel inside the country, he said the scientific committee that advises the government has not decided yet but that it was traveling people that spread cases around the country. And while cases appear to be dropping in Athens and Thessaloniki, the hardest hit areas, this is not happening in the rest of the country.

“The pressure on intensive care units must abate” before the lockdown is relaxed, Vatopoulos said. “The infection rate is dropping, but the crucial (factor) is the (capacity of) the health system,” he added.

Regarding yesterday’s 2,018 cases:

408 cases were detected in the regional unit of Attica

562 cases were detected in the regional unit of Thessaloniki

42 cases were detected in the regional unit of Aitoloakarnania

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Argolida

9 cases were detected in the regional unit of Arkadia

7 cases were detected in the regional unit of Arta

17 cases were detected in the regional unit of Achaia

5 cases were detected in the regional unit of Voiotia

22 cases were detected in the regional unit of Grevena

24 cases were detected in the regional unit of Drama

26 cases were detected in the regional unit of Evros

6 cases were detected in the regional unit of Evia

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Evritania

11 cases were detected in the regional unit of Ilia

70 cases were detected in the regional unit of Imathia

19 cases were detected in the regional unit of Iraklio

8 cases were detected in the regional unit of Ioannina

37 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kavala

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Kalimnos

28 cases were detected in the regional unit of Karditsa

6 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kastoria

6 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kerkyra

12 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kilkis

26 cases were detected in the regional unit of Kozani

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Korinthia

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Lakonia

115 cases were detected in the regional unit of Larissa

14 cases were detected in the regional unit of Lesvos

4 cases were detected in the regional unit of Limnos

52 cases were detected in the regional unit of Magnisia

10 cases were detected in the regional unit of Messinia

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Naxos

42 cases were detected in the regional unit of Xanthi

70 cases were detected in the regional unit of Pella

113 cases were detected in the regional unit of Pieria

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Preveza

3 cases were detected in the regional unit of Rethimno

9 cases were detected in the regional unit of Rodopi

8 cases were detected in the regional unit of Rodos

2 cases were detected in the regional unit of Samos

64 cases were detected in the regional unit of Serres

1 case was detected in the regional unit of Sporades

40 cases were detected in the regional unit of Trikala

25 cases were detected in the regional unit of Fthiotida

29 cases were detected in the regional unit of Florina

27 cases were detected in the regional unit of Chalkidiki

7 cases were detected in the regional unit of Chania

18 cases remain under investigation

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