11 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in south Cyprus

Eleven new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in southern Cyprus on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 95.

The new cases concern two people who had been in contact with confirmed cases, four people who are linked to the Paphos general hospital, four people who returned from abroad (Britain and Mexico) who had symptoms and contacted authorities and one person whose history is being investigated.

There are possibly a further two cases, who have tested positive in a lab check but await confirmation from the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics.

Contact tracing for the 11 confirmed cases has begun, the health ministry said.

Of the 95 cases in southern Cyprus, 3 were at the British bases and 50 had been through contact with a confirmed case.