[elorant]

Greece is close to the equator and during November we have had the highest rate of deaths among all EU countries. So I doubt this is the only factor in play.

[kec]

Greece is around 37ºN, roughly the same as San Francisco. I wouldn't call that equatorial.

[voisin]

Older population, no? Study this week showed 90% of the difference among country-level outcomes can be explained by population age distribution.