ATHENS, March 9 (CNA) - Greece on Monday (Mar 8) mourned a 37-day-old baby, the youngest among the country's nearly 6,800 COVID-19 victims.

"Sadly today we had the pandemic's youngest victim in our country, an infant that spent 17 of its 37 days fighting the coronavirus," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted.

"Today, grief is unbearable," he said.

The health ministry said the baby boy was brought to an Athens children's hospital in mid-February with a nasal inflammation and fever, and placed in intensive care a day later. He died on Sunday.

Nearly 6,800 people have died of the virus in Greece, while nearly 480 people are in intensive care.

"Today, grief is unbearable," he said.

The health ministry said the baby boy was brought to an Athens children's hospital in mid-February with a nasal inflammation and fever, and placed in intensive care a day later. He died on Sunday.

Nearly 6,800 people have died of the virus in Greece, while nearly 480 people are in intensive care.