Greece confirmed 19,075 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 62 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Monday.
This comes as heavy snowfall blocks infrastructure, making ambulance trips and access to hospitals near impossible. A bad weather front, named ‘Elpis’ by the National Meteorological Services (EMY), has caused frozen temperatures, stormy winds and heavy snowfall since 22 January. A second and even more severe Elpis has started on 24 January and is expected to continue on 25 January, AAP reported.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 1,812,384 infections (daily change: +1.1 per cent). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 416 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2,079 to other confirmed cases.
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There are also 111 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 22,748. Of these, 95.0 per cent had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
A total of 655 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 66 years and 82.0 per cent have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or over. Of the total, 520 are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated and 135 are fully vaccinated.
Another 3,980 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
In addition, 465 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours. The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 490.
The median age of new infections is 35 years, while the median age of the deceased is 78.
