COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus

COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus
Map of the pandemic in Cyprus per 100,000 population by District
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationCyprus
Index caseLimassol and Nicosia
Arrival date9 March 2020
(4 years, 10 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Confirmed cases907
(excluding occupied regions)
Recovered481
Deaths
24
Government website
www.covid19.cy

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Cyprus in March 2020.

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Cyprus reports its first coronavirus death - health ministry". Reuters. 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Seven new confirmed cases". REPORTER. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  5. ↑ "Moving on to the next phase - The statistics". REPORTER. Retrieved 2020-04-30.