Vaccination appointments for citizens aged 80-84 will become available at 18:00 on Friday, said Health Ministry Secretary General for Primary Health Care, Marios Themistokleous, at a live briefing on Thursday. Some 123.077 citizens have so far been inoculated in Greece, he added, which translates to 1.13 pct of the country's population. Epidemiological data an on-going concern, says Kikilias Speaking at the same briefing, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said that the figures produced by the country's current epidemiological profile continue to keep health experts concerned, as there is a slight increase in new daily cases of infection compared to last week, registering an average of 440 cases per day. The median age of new cases is 46 years, and the number of active cases in the Attica region at the moment is 2,304. Keeping up with all safety restrictions is still key, stressed the minister, before noting that the pandemic's burden on the national health system's intensive care units has subsided considerably, as at least half of all Covid-19 ICU beds in Athens and Thessaloniki are currently unoccupied. Thursday's stats Greece confirmed 509 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, of which 1 was identified at the country's entry points, said the National Public Health Organization (EODY). All cases in Greece total 150.479 of which 5.813 relate to travel from abroad and 46.236 to already confirmed infection cases. A total of 293 individuals are intubated. Their median age is 68 years, 85.7 pct have an underlying condition or are aged 70 or more and 205 of them are men. Another 1.050 have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the pandemic. EODY also registered 25 new deaths, bringing coronavirus fatalities to 5.570 in total. The median age of all fatalities was 79 years, 95.4 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or above, and 3.286 were men.