AHEPA University hospital

A 25-year-old musician has been remanded into pretrial custody after testifying to an investigative magistrate and giving up the name of his accomplice in the beating of a 23-year-old student in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, authorities said on Wednesday.

The death toll from the coronavirus in Greece has risen to 128 after a 59-year-old woman died of the illness, according to reports.

The woman, aged 59, died early Friday at the AHEPA University Hospital in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.

Reports said she had a serious underlying disease.

The death of a 74-year-old man at the AHEPA University Hospital in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, took the country's coronavirus toll to 115 on Monday afternoon.

According to unconfirmed reports, the man had not been suffering from any underlying health issues when he was hospitalized with Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

The AHEPA University Hospital in Thessaloniki, northern Greece will get 17 new intensive care unit beds Monday.

Last week, staff at the hospital, which is at the forefront of the effort to fight the new coronavirus in the northern port city, had made an urgent plea for more supplies of protective gear to help them cope, highlighting shortages in surgical masks and antiseptics.

A university professor in Thessaloniki has reported to police that he was mugged while withdrawing money from a cash machine at the northern entrance of the AHEPA University hospital.

The 67-year-old academic at Thessaloniki's Aristotle University said the incident occurred on Thursday in broad daylight.