32 new cases of coronavirus in Cyprus - At 262 in total

The newly confirmed cases are 32 out of a total of 550 laboratory diagnoses.

Specifically, these are:

• 13 people were identified by tracking the contacts of already confirmed incidents,
• 4 people from the British Bases, and
• 15 people whose history is being investigated. To emphasize here that the people whose background we are looking at does not mean that they are orphans. It means that we are still in the investigation stage to find out where the person got the disease from.

According to Leontios Kostrikis, Academic Professor of Molecular Virology of the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Cyprus and Full Member of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts:

"Based on current data, the total number of positive cases was 262 (including the nine detected at British bases).

It is important to mention here that 262 incidents COVID-19 were identified after processing as a whole 7,397 laboratory analyzes from the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics and the Microbiology Department of the Nicosia General Hospital. The 143 by 262 come from contacts, so the infections are from Cyprus. I want to note that 23 from people who were positively diagnosed with the virus and treated, have recovered.

The large number of new confirmed cases recorded in recent days does not surprise us. It was to be expected and that was why, as a scientific committee, we suggested to the government that the bans be strengthened to reduce the sources of contamination and to help the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit find the virus chain more easily.

I repeat that we will begin to see a change in the data for the better, provided that we apply the restrictive measures as much as possible.

We once again extend our anxious appeal to all of you to stay at home. ”