Public health authorities in Greece on Tuesday confirmed 47,497 new Covid-19 infections in the country for the third week of December 2022, with the total number of reported and confirmed infections in Greece totaling 5,548,487.
This is equivalent to 4,553 infections per one million people during the specific week (weekly change: 9 percent), with 30 percent of the weekly new infections being re-infections.
Additionally, another 150 deaths from Covid-19 were reported in the same week, or 14 fatalities per one million people (weekly change: 8 percent), bringing the total number of victims since the pandemic began to 34,779.
Of the victims, 96.2 percent had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or more. The median age of the victims was 80.
A total of 104 patients were intubated as of Dec. 11. Their median age is 77 years and 98.1 percent have an underlying condition and/or are 70 years old and over.
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