COVID-19: 2,938 new cases in Greece on Wednesday, 7 dead

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Greek health authorities announced on Wednesday that there were 2,938 new COVID-19 cases, of which seven were identified at Greece's borders.

The total number of cases amounts to 447,718 (daily change + 0.7%), of which 51.2% are men.

Based on the confirmed number of cases over the last seven days, 165 are considered to be related to travel from abroad and 1,832 are related to an already known case.

There were seven new deaths attributed to COVID-19.

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Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 12,813 deaths have been recorded.

95.2% had an underlying disease and/or age 70 years and older.

The number of patients treated by intubation is 135 (65.9% men).

Their median age is 66 years.

84.4% have underlying disease and/or age 70 years and older.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,739 patients have been discharged from the ICU.

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100 new patients were admitted into hospital (daily change -10.71%).

The average seven-day admission is 80 patients.

The median age of cases is 42 years (range 0.2 to 106 years), while the median age of death is 78 years (range 0.2 to 106 years).

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