Covid – 19 Greece: 73,710 infections in second week of Aug.; 314 deaths

Public health authorities in Greece on Tuesday confirmed 100,421 new Covid-19 infections in the country for the first week of August 2022, as statistics are now announced on a weekly basis.

This is equivalent to 7,065 infections per one million people during the specific week (weekly change: -27 percent), with 21 percent of the weekly new infections being reinfections.

All confirmed cases since the pandemic began total 4,654,737 in Greece.

Additionally, another 258 deaths from Covid-19 were reported in the same week, or 25 fatalities per one million people (weekly change: -27 percent), bringing the total number of victims since the pandemic began to 32,028.

Of the victims, 95.9 percent had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or above.

A total of 118 Covid-19 patients were intubated on Aug. 14. The median age for this group is 70 years and 94.9 percent suffer from an underlying condition and/or is aged 70 or over.