Monastiraki square. Credit: George E. Koronaios /Wikimedia Commons/ CC-BY-SA-4.0Greece confirmed 27,490 new Covid-19 infections and 73 deaths associated with the virus in the last 24 hours, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Monday.
A total of 13,429 cases had been recorded in the country the day before, Sunday, and 52 people died with the virus.
Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed a total of 2,957,810 coronavirus infections. Of the cases recorded in the last seven days, 150 infections are related to travel from abroad and 1,165 to other confirmed cases.
342 people with Covid-19 on ventilators in Greece
The 73 deaths associated with the coronavirus recorded in the last 24 hours bring the total number of people who have died with the virus in Greece to 27,341. Of those who passed away, 95.3 percent had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or over.
A total of 342 coronavirus patients are on ventilators in hospitals on Monday, and the same number of people were undergoing the treatment the day before.
