The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Greece has had a dramatic increase, with twenty new cases announced by the Ministry of Health hours ago.

The latest update was made by Professor of Infectious Diseases, Sotiris Tsiodras.

Twenty people who were on the same trip as the ninth confirmed case, tested positive.

The infected 66-year-old patient who had traveled to Israel and Egypt, is currently in isolation at Rio University Hospital.

“The next weeks will see significant increase in cases in Greece,”the official concluded.