Greece recorded 203 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, the single largest daily number of cases since the pandemic began.
This raises the total number of cases to 5,623.
According to sources, authorities are on alert and are reportedly considering additional measures.
The previous highest number reported in a single day was 156 cases, which was recorded in April.
Geographical distribution of new cases:
1,438 are considered to be related to travel from abroad and 2,705 are related to an already known case.
Of the new cases, 26 were identified in the Attica region and 43 in the Thessaloniki region.
Twenty-two individuals are in ICU. Their median age is 63 years, while a 59.1% has an underlying health condition or are aged 70 or over.
The country’s pandemic death toll remains at 212. Of these 32.5% were women. The median age of all was 76 years and 95.8% had an underlying condition and/or was aged 70+.
It is recalled earlier this week, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed “We must reactivate our national vaccine, which is nothing more than our ‘philotimo’ and together we must follow the measures indicated by the experts and I am sure that if we do we will emerge victorious from this difficult battle as well.”