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Greece was a country that acted quite quickly with restrictions. First cases of schools closing were on the 4th March, 2020. After signs that Coronavirus had hit our country more restrictions took hold. At the moment, movement restrictions have taken place but our citizens are still able to move around for necessary daily duties.
Just how safe is Greece?
Greece has about 102 confirmed cases per million in regards to worldwide population.
With 1,061 cases of coronavirus, Greece is ranked 40th in the world in total number of diagnosed cases, compared to the 32nd a week ago.
So, Is Greece safe?
Take a look at the numbers…
Greece has about 102 confirmed cases per million population (twice the previous week), a proportion that puts it quite low, at 66th worldwide (compared to 55th on Sunday 22nd March) and only 22nd among them, countries of the European Union. The worldwide average incidence per million population is about 85.
Our country – with 32 deaths – ranks 28th worldwide in the number of victims of coronavirus, from 24th a week ago. In terms of its population, Greece has so far had about three deaths per million population, which places it 33rd internationally and 16th in the European Union. The world average is four deaths per million inhabitants, so our country is below the average.
Also, with 66 patients in serious – critical condition, Greece is 20th internationally with serious cases (it was 17th seven days ago). Serious cases now make up almost 7% of active cases in our country.
In terms of active outbreaks (ie those resulting from deaths and recoveries from the total outbreaks), our country with 977 cases is in 33rd place, as it was a week ago. Greece is finally in 34th position (compared to 31st seven days ago), in terms of the number of patients with Covid-19 who have recovered (52 so far).
The top five countries with confirmed cases are the USA (123,750), Italy (92,472), China (81,439), Spain (73,235) and Germany (57,695).
The top five countries in the number of deaths from the coronavirus are Italy (10,023), Spain (5,982), China (3,300), Iran (2,517) and France (2,314). Most deaths per million are San Marino (648), Italy (166), Spain (128), Andorra (39) and the Netherlands (37).
France (4.273), Spain (4.165), Italy (3.856), Iran (3.206), and the USA (2.666) are the top five in the number of seriously-ill cases in hospitals.
