Victorians can relate to the rising COVID-19 numbers in Greece.
As the state recorded 15 new cases overnight on Monday and no new deaths, Greece’s figure rose to 280 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and 13 deaths of which 41 were linked to already confirmed clusters.
The news in Victoria came as 600,000 students returned to classrooms, the first time since they opened for face-to-face learning since June. The years that returned were primary students and year 7s in Melbourne as well as Year 11 and 12 students.
It is hoped that new freedoms will be announced for Victorians on Sunday. There is the possibility of revising the 5km travel cap however it is unlikely that cafes and restaurants will open.
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Meanwhile, in Greece the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said that there had been 22,358 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic in Greece in late February of which 3,271 were linked to travel abroad.
There are 93 patients currently intubated at ICU’s with an average age of 68 years, 91.4 per cent have an underlying condition or are aged 70 or more, and 26 of them are women. A total of 238 patients have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the pandemic.
Fatalities in Greece are now at 449. Of these, 96.4 per cent had an underlying condition their median age was 79 and 169 were women.