in-cyprus 16 June 2020 -Bouli Hadjioannou
No new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Cyprus today following 912 tests, keeping the total number at 985, the Health Ministry has announced.
This is the sixth time that Cyprus has recorded no new coronavirus cases since the start of the outbreak on March 9.
The ministry said that the following tests were carried out, all with negative results:
- 128 tests from repatriations
- 298 tests from private initiative
- 91 tests from tracing of contacts of already confirmed cases
- 195 from hospital labs
- 200 from referrals from personal doctors and checks of special groups through the public health offices
In addition, this afternoon there were three coronavirus patients at the referral hospital. Two patients remain in the ICU of Nicosia General Hospital, one of them on the ventilator.
