cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 89. evangelos marinakis, the owner of the football clubs olympiacos in greece and nottingham forest in england, informed the public via social media that he had contracted the virus, and urged all to follow the orders of health professionals. health minister vasilis kikilias announced the closure of all educational institutions for 14 days. on 11 march, ten new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 99. the 66-year-old man hospitalised in rio was diagnosed with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. on 12 march, 18 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 117. the first two reported cases in greece, a mother and her child, were released from the hospital, having fully recovered. the 66-year-old patient in rio died as a result of the virus, which was the first virus-related death in greece. on 13 march, 73 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 190. katerina sakellaropoulou was sworn in as president of greece in the hellenic parliament and became the first woman to hold the office, succeeding prokopis pavlopoulos. sakellaropoulou suspended the protocol ceremony for the inauguration scheduled for saturday 14 and no handshakes were allowed. on 14 march, 38 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 228, while six more were released from hospitals, bringing the recovered total to eight. a 90-year-old man hospitalised in ptolemaida died. also, a 67-year-old man hospitalised in zakynthos died, bringing the country death toll to three. a change in strategy to only testing the elderly, severely ill and other high-risk groups, as well as healthcare personnel was announced by dr. sotiris tsiodras, the health ministry spokesman on the covid-19 pandemic. on 15 march, 103 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 331, while two more were released from hospitals, bringing the recovered total to ten. a 53-year-old man died from the virus, in ahepa, bringing the country death toll to four. on 16 march, 21 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 352. on 17 march, 35 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 387, while four were released from hospitals, bringing the recovered total to 14. a man died bringing the country death toll to five. on 18 march, 31 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 418. a total of 6,000 samples had been tested nationally up to this point. a childbirth was recorded, where the mother tested positive for covid-19 but the child did not. on 19 march, 46 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 464, while five more were released from hospitals, bringing the recovered total to 19. a 70-year-old man who had been hospitalised in kastoria, died, bringing the country death toll to six. on 20 march, 31 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 495. four more people died, bringing the country death toll to ten. on 21 march, 35 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 530. three more people died, bringing the country death toll to 13. on 22 march, 94 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 624. two more people died, bringing the country death toll to 15. on 23 march, 71 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 695, while ten people were released from hospitals, bringing the recovered total to 29. a 64-year-old man at rio hospital in achaea and an elderly man at sotiria hospital in athens died as a result of the virus, bringing the country death toll to 17. during the night, another childbirth was recorded where the mother tested positive for covid-19. on 24 march, 48 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 743, while three people were released from hospitals, bringing the recovered total to 32. three more people died due to the virus, bringing the country death toll to 20. a 40-year-old woman, who had died three days previously, was found to have been positive for the virus making her, by far, the youngest victim of the pandemic in greece. the new president of greece, katerina sakellaropoulou, declared she was going to address the nation on the evening of the 24th regarding both the covid-19 pandemic and the 25th of march independence day celebrations. on 25 march, 78 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 821, while four people were released from hospitals, bringing the recovered total to 36. two more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 22. on 26 march, 71 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 892, while six people were released from hospitals, bringing the recovered total to 42. four more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 26. on 27 march, 74 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 966, while ten people were released from hospitals, bringing the recovered total to 52. two more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 28. on 28 march, 95 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 1,061. four more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 32. on 29 march, 95 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the county total to 1,156, while one person was released from alexandroupoli university hospital, bringing the recovered total to 53. six more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 38. the first case of coronavirus was reported of a monk in mount athos. on 30 march, 56 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the county total to 1,212. five more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 43. on 31 march, 102 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 1,314. six more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 49. 20 of the cases are aboard a passenger ship stationed outside the port of piraeus. it carried 382 people, including 36 greeks, 150 turks, 83 indonesians and others. some of the people were turkish workers traveling to spain but the ship was turned back to turkey when the cases were identified. it was not accepted in turkey and since 21 march has been outside piraeus. april 2020 on 1 april, 101 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 1,415. one more death from coronavirus was reported, bringing the country death toll to 50. on 2 april, 129 new cases were confirmed in greece, the highest number in a single day up to that date, bringing the country total to 1,544. twenty-seven new cases were reported in the general population, 23 in the ritsona refugee and immigrant camp, and 79 new cases on the ship el. venizelos which is being kept off the port of piraeus, bringing the total cases on the ship to 119. three more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 53. on 3 april, it was announced that the total number of confirmed cases in the country was 1,613. six more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 59. on 4 april, 60 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 1,673. nine more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 68. ninety-two coronavirus patients were being treated in intensive care units. on 5 april, 62 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 1,735. five more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 73. ninety-three coronavirus patients were being treated in intensive care units. on 6 april, 20 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 1,755. six more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 79. on 7 april, 77 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 1,832. two more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 81. on 8 april, 52 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 1,884. two more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 83. the number of coronavirus patients in icus was 84. on 9 april, 71 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 1,955. three more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 86. the number of coronavirus patients in icus was 79. on 10 april, 56 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 2,011. four more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 90. one of the people who died was from mesopotamia, kastoria an area that was in quarantine. the number of coronavirus patients in icus was 77. on 11 april, 72 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the official country total to 2,081 (minor discrepancy). three more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 93. the number of coronavirus patients in icus was 75. on 12 april, 33 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 2,114. five more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 98. the number of coronavirus patients in icus was 76. on 13 april, 31 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 2,145. one more death from coronavirus was reported, bringing the country death toll to 99. the number of coronavirus patients in icus was 73. later the same day an 84-year-old man died in attica marking the 100th death from covid-19 in the country. on 14 april, 25 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 2,170. two more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country death toll to 101. the number of coronavirus patients in icus was 76. on 15 april, 22 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 2,192. during the daily report, 1 more death from coronavirus was reported, bringing the country death toll to 102. shortly after a 57-year-old woman was reported as having died in ahepa university hospital. on 16 april, 15 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 2,207. the death toll brought to 105. on 17 april, 17 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 2,224. a 76-old-man died in ptolemaida and two others later. the deaths toll brought to 108. on 18 april, 11 new cases were confirmed in greece, bringing the country total to 2,235. on 20 april, 10 new cases and 6 new deaths were announced, bringing the country total to 2,245 cases and 116 deaths, respectively. on the same day, all 470 refugees accommodated in a facility in kranidi, argolis were tested for the virus as well as all staff of the facility, the local clinic and the international organization for migration (iom), a total of 497 samples. among them a 68-year-old woman in kastoria. some hours after the daily report, an 87-year-old man died in ahepa university hospital. on 21 april, 156 new cases were confirmed in greece, the highest number in a single day up to that date, bringing the total to 2,401. of those 156, 150 cases, all asymptomatic, were related to the refugee facility in kranidi. out of a total of 497 samples taken the day before, 148 had been found to be positive among the refugees and 2 among the facility's staff and members of the iom. the same day, five more deaths from coronavirus were reported, bringing the country's death toll to 121. the number of coronavirus patients in icus was 59. a 35-year-old man in thessaloniki, a 75-year-old man in athens, and a 101-year-old woman were among the dead. on 22 april, no deaths were reported. seven new cases were confirmed. on 23 april, 55 new cases and 4 new deaths were reported at the daily report. the deaths were an 88-year-old 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