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Confirmed coronavirus cases in Greece reach 1,884 on Wednesday: 52 new cases, 2 new deaths

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Greece reach 1,884 on Wednesday: 52 new cases, 2 new deaths
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The Health Ministry’s coronavirus spokesman and infectious diseases professor Sotiris Tsiodras said 245 health workers are on sick leave and 101 are on self-isolation, responding to a question on infected medical and nursing staff in Greece, during the televised briefing on the course of the coronavirus on Wednesday evening.

He also pointed out that many of the health workers may have been exposed to the virus not in their workplaces but in the community, at the start of the outbreak.

The professor also announced 52 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Greece in the last 24 hours, and 2 new deaths.

The Covid-19 infections total in Greece stands at 1,884. Of these, 509 infections relate to travelling abroad and 708 relate to infectees in domestic territory.

Deaths total 83 since the start of the outbreak, of whom 87 pct had underlying health issues and their average age was 70 or over.

Some 84 patients are being treated in Intensive Care Units. The average age of these patients is 67 years, 20 pct are women and a 77 pct have underlying issues.

A total of 14 people have so far been discharged from ICUs.

So far 32,528 diagnostic lab tests for Covid-19 have been carried out nationwide.

Source: ana-mna

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