COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Cyprus
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Cyprus in March 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus | |
|---|---|
 Map of the pandemic in Cyprus per 100,000 population by District | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Cyprus |
| Index case | Limassol and Nicosia |
| Arrival date | 9 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 907 (excluding occupied regions) |
| Recovered | 481 |
Deaths | 24 |
| Government website | |
| www.covid19.cy | |
On 9 March 2020, Cyprus confirmed its first two cases: a 25-year-old man from Limassol who had returned from Italy and a 64-year-old health professional from Nicosia who had returned from the UK.[1]
On 21 March, the first death was confirmed.[2][3]
On 30 April, 7 new cases were confirmed.[4] According to the updated statistics released by the Ministry of Health, a total of 296 people have recovered.[5]
References
change- ↑ Michael, Peter (2020-03-09). "BREAKING NEWS: Two cases of coronavirus confirmed". Cyprus Mail. Archived from the original on 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ↑ "Cyprus reports its first coronavirus death - health ministry". Reuters. 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ↑ Michael, Peter (21 March 2020). "Nine new confirmed cases, one a nurse from Paphos hospital". Cyprus Mail. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ "Seven new confirmed cases". REPORTER. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ↑ "Moving on to the next phase - The statistics". REPORTER. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
