The Health Ministry on Tuesday announced the death of two people in Cyprus due to Covid-19.
This raises the Mediterranean island’s death toll from the virus to 190 – 128 men and 62 women with an average age of 80.
The Ministry also announced 109 new covid-19 cases out of 10,992 PCR and rapid antigen tests taking confirmed infections to 30,252.
The 109 new cases were detected as follows:
- 22 through tracing (194 tests)
- Eight through private initiative (731 tests)
- One through passengers’ inspection at the island’s two airports (272 tests)
- Five from public hospital labs (262 tests)
- One through GP referrals (266 tests today)
- 72 confirmed cases found through 9,267 antigen rapid tests
Analytically the 72 confirmed cases from the antigen rapid tests are as follows:
Confirmed cases | |
Paphos | 4 |
Limassol | 25 |
Larnaca | 5 |
Nicosia | 17 |
Famagusta | 4 |
Old people’s homes | 3 |
National Guard | 1 |
Public sector | 1 |
Industrial areas | 12 |