Authorities in Cyprus announced another six confirmed cases of COVID-19 out of 1,682 tests, with the total number of cases reaching 1,053.
One person who tested positive had a recent history of travel and was included in 288 samples of people who were tested by private initiative.
The other five tested positive from tests completed on 140 samples through the tracing of contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases procedure, the Ministry of Health says in a press release.
It is further added that no one tested positive out of 175 tests completed iin the context of referrals from personal doctors and the screening of special groups of people through the public health centres, out of of 896 tests on passengers and Cypriot residents who were repatriated, out of 128 tests completed in the context of a testing programme of 10,000 employees in businesses which resumed operations during the second and third phase of the gradual lifting of restrictions and 55 tests from the General Hospitals’ Microbiology Labs.
“On the basis of today’s data, the total number of positive cases has reached 1,053,” the press release says.
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In the meantime, according to an infographics bulletin issued by the Ministry of Health 1,045 people had contracted COVID-19 until 23 July, 2020, 26 people who had tested positive passed away, while COVID-19 is the cause of death for 19 of them.
A total of 852 people or 83.6% recovered while 21,758.3 tests per 100,000 population were completed.
Regarding the characteristics on cases reported between June 24 and July 23, 75% of the people who contracted the disease were men while 25% were women and 89% of them were between the ages of 18 to 59. Another 7% were up to 17 years of age, while 4% was over 60 years old.
Thirty-four cases were imported while 21 were locally acquired.
During the same period, there were two new hospital admissions on June 28 and July 7, one of whom was discharged on July 6.