in-cyprus 23 May 2020 -Bouli Hadjioannou
Cyprus on Saturday recorded no new coronavirus cases.
In an announcement, the Health Ministry said there were no new Covid-19 cases after 2,414 tests. This means the total number of cases remains 927.
The following tests were carried out:
- None from 10,000 tests of hairdressers and catering establishments (349 tests today)
- None from hospital labs (170 tests today)
- None from the schools (1007 tests today)
- None from 20000 tests in the retail and construction sectors (463 tests today)
- None through tracing of contacts of confirmed cases (30 tests today)
- None from special health groups (74 tests today)
- None from private initiative (161 tests today)
- None from repatriations (160 tests today)
At 3 pm on Friday, there were five patients at Famagusta Hospital one in the increased care unit.
There are still two intubated patients in the ICU of Nicosia Hospital. Two other patients are also being treated there but are not intubated.