Daily coronavirus cases in Greece soar into four-digit field: Northern Macedonia leads in pandemic spread
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Greece broke the four-digit ceiling with 1,259 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Tuesday, surpassing a hundred intubated patients for the first time as well, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said.
Monday’s new cases totalled 715.
Of the day’s new cases, 112 are linked to known clusters and 62 are a result of checks at the country’s entry points. They bring the total of all infections in Greece since the start to 32,752 of which 3,950 relate to travel abroad and 12,381 to already known cases.
At Greek hospitals, 102 patients have been intubated. Their median age is 65 years, 96.1 pct have an underlying condition or are aged 70 or more, and 33 are women. Another 277 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic’s start.
EODY also announced 12 confirmed deaths, or 593 fatalities in total in Greece. The median age of all the deceased so far was 79 years and 96.1 pct had some underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or more. Of the total, 225 were women.
Northern Greece leads in dispersal of coronavirus infections, says Hardalias
Northern Greece currently leads in the spread of coronavirus infections, Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias said during a live briefing on Tuesday.
At the twice-weekly live briefing on pandemic’s development, Hardalias announced that the regions of Serres in Macedonia and Ioannina in NW Greece would be upgraded to red-alert level level of inceased threat as of 06:00 on Thursday. The region of Rodopi in NE Greece and the island of Naxos are upgraded raised to ‘orange’ alert level of increased monitoring.
He issued a call to the public for efforts to contain the spread of the disease in those areas, and added that the situation is extremely critical.
Geographic distributions on Tuesday
The National Public Health Organization (EODY) released the breakdown of the new coronavirus cases on Tuesday that broke the four-digit barrier, reaching 1,259 from 715 on Monday.
Attica, the most densely populated area in Greece, had 295 cases. Thessaloniki cases spiked to 291. Northern Greece, responsible for Tuesday’s steep rise in new cases, had the following numbers:
Rodopi (73), Serres (55), Halkidiki (22), Evros, Pella (20 each), Drama (18), Xanthi (15), Imathia (13), Kavala (12), Kozani (12), and Kilkis (11).
In Western Greece, Ioannina (21) and Corfu (12) led in numbers, while in Central Greece Larissa (47) and Trikala (19) numbers showed a sharp rise as well.
Islands were also showing a rise, with Rhodes (9) and Naxos (6), and a spike on Chios (61), with most of these (51) related to the migrants reception and identification center.
Source: ANA – MPA