Greece recorded 262 new cases of COVID-19 in the latest 24-hour report, its highest daily tally since the onset of the outbreak in the country.
This increases the total number of cases to 6,177.
1,528 are considered to be related to travel abroad and 3,002 are related to an already known case.
On Monday, Greece registered 203 COVID-19 cases, which was recorded as the single largest daily number of cases since the pandemic began.
The previous highest number reported in one day was 156 cases, which was recorded in April.
Geographical distribution of new cases:
- 22 were identified after checks at the entrance gates of the country
- 7 other important cases (which have been voluntarily tested)
- 85 cases in Thessaloniki (36 of them are related to the nursing home cluster)
- 66 cases in Attica
- 11 cases in Magnisia
- 8 cases in Halkidiki
- 7 cases in Xanthi
- 7 cases in Pella
- 5 cases in Larissa
- 5 cases in PIeria
- 5 cases in Serres
- 4 cases in Florina
- 3 cases in Imathia
- 3 cases in Kastoria
- 3 cases in Lakonia
- 3 cases in Cyclades
- 2 cases in Arkadia
- 2 cases in Heraklio
- 1 case in Aitoloakarnania
- 1 case in Grevena
- 1 case in Drama
- 1 case in Evia
- 1 case in Ilia
- 1 case in Kozani
- 1 case in Corfu
- 1 case in Kefalonia
- 1 case in Kilkis
- 1 case in Corinth
- 1 case in Evros
- 1 case in Lasithi
- 1 case in Preveza
- 1 case in Trikala
Fan 11.136 tests in the last 24 hours, 2.36% were positive.
Some more tests have been carried out in the last 24 hours, but the number is not so high as to justify the “explosion” of new cases.
Of the new cases, 66 were identified in the Attica region and 85 in the Thessaloniki region.
Twenty-four people are in ICU. Her median age is 63 years.
The country’s pandemic death rate remains at 216. The median age of all was 76 years and 95.8% had an underlying condition and / or was 70+.
Total coronavirus testing since the onset of the outbreak in February is 679,785.
Russia, meanwhile, developed the first vaccine “Sputnik V” to provide “sustainable immunity” to the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday.
Putin insists that the ‘Sputnik V’ vaccine has undergone the necessary tests and proved to be effective, offering a lasting immunity against the coronavirus. He further called it “a very important step for the world.”
The vaccine was developed by the Gamaleya Institute of Moscow. One of Putin’s daughters is thought to have been vaccinated with ‘Sputnik V’, despite ongoing clinical trials.
Mass production is expected to begin in September and mass vaccination in October.
