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COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Cyprus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Cyprus in March 2020.
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COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Cyprus |
Index case | Limassol and Nicosia |
Arrival date | 9 March 2020 (4 years, 2 months and 4 weeks) |
Confirmed cases | 907 (excluding occupied regions) |
Recovered | 481 |
Deaths | 24 |
Government website | |
www.covid19.cy |
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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]