Health authorities in Greece have reported 6,590 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours ending at 3pm on Christmas day.
The country also announced 58 deaths with 617 patients on ventilators as plans for events and celebrations were being cancelled as a result of a new set of preventative measures.
Most cases were detected in Athens followed by Thessaloniki out of a total of 434,719 tests per day.
Meanwhile, as Greece expands its jab rates, especially targeting people over 60 and vulnerable citizens like seniors and people with mobility issues, municipalities are dispatching doctors and healthcare professionals in vans to vaccinate people in their homes, the Associated Press reports. Currently,
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 1,070,833 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 20,350 deaths. Currently, 80 per cent of the country’s adult population and 70 per cent of the overall population have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
