A drop in new COVID-19 infections from 4,766 to 4,345 was recorded by Greek health authorities for the 24-hour period ending on Saturday at 3pm.
The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also announced 63 deaths compared to 85 on Friday while the number of patients on ventilators remained the same at 684.
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 1,031,239 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 19,799 fatalities.
Meanwhile, as Omicron case numbers increase in Southern European countries, Greece, Italy and Portugal announced that even vaccinated visitors from the EU would be required to present a negative test result to enter the country.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the new measure will apply from 19 December and for the entirety of the Christmas period while the government “gains additional time to boost as many people as possible”.
“The changes and travel restrictions are the biggest problems we face in this phase of the pandemic’‘, said Yannis Retsos, head of the Greek Tourist Confederation.
“It has an impact on hotel reservations, even the limited number we have due to winter are under doubt.”
