Greece recorded a further steep rise in the spread of the pandemic on Thursday, with 2,917 new coronavirus cases, of which 27 were identified at entry points to the country, ANA reports.
New cases were 2,166 on Monday and had reached 2,646 on Wednesday. The recent acceleration of infections has prompted the government to announce a second, nationwide, lockdown from November 7 (Saturday) to November 30.
Deaths also increased from 18 on Wednesday to 29 on Thursday, bringing the pandemic’s death toll to 702. Of the latter, their median age was 79 years, 96.6 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or more and 275 of them were women.
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