One death and 38 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in south Cyprus

One death and 38 new cases of coronavirus were announced in southern Cyprus on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases there to 564 including in British bases.

The Cyprus health ministry made the announcement on Thursday. The new cases were identified from 1,216 tests carried out on Thursday. The total number of cases also includes 10 in the British bases.

The causality is a 78-year-old woman with underlying health issues who died in the intensive care unit in Nicosia. Her death was caused by Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 15. 

Ten died from coronavirus, seven men and three women. The other five were people who died with coronavirus but died from other causes with the average death age at 67.

Eighteen of the new cases came through contacts with already confirmed cases, seven were identified as part of the targeted testing in Larnaca, while the background of 13 cases is being investigated.

So far, a total of 53 people have recovered.

15,489 tests have been carried out in south Cyprus so far.