11 ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS, INFORMATION ON ALL 26 FOR TODAY [including those released this morning from last night]

Filenews 2 August 2020

Eleven new incidents of coronavirus were announced in the afternoon in Cyprus, with the total number amounting to 1,150.

With regard to new cases of COVID-19, according to data from the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health, a total of 1,977 laboratory diagnoses identified an additional 11 cases of SARS-CoV-2.

Earlier, another 15 incidents of coronavirus, 10 of Limassol's sample checks, had been announced. 

In detail, virus-positive individuals emerged as follows:

• Of 58 samples taken through the process of tracing contacts of already confirmed cases, 1 case occurred.
• Of 158 samples taken through a private initiative, 2 cases were identified.
• Of 1,461 samples taken as part of a passenger and repatriated check, 6 cases were identified.
• From 197 samples taken under the programme of referrals by Personal Physicians and special teams control through the Public Health Clinics, 2 cases occurred.

The 15 cases announced this morning concern:

• 10 by random sampling, all in Limassol (Independence). 6 are indeed random, 3 are contacts of other cases (3 are from the CLUSTER of the case from the USA) that were supposed to be contained but were examined through the program. The 10th is still being investigated.
• 5 from a private initiative:

A) The four are close contacts who went private for the test. From the cluster of the case from the USA.

B) 1 is a Portuguese footballer. He came from Portugal on 27/7 and took the test at the initiative of his team.

Also, the 11 new cases announced this afternoon concern:

• 1 spot check at Larnaca airport on a flight from Athens yesterday, 1/8.
• 3 by sampling at Larnaca Airport from a flight from Thessaloniki on 31/7. One person came from Germany via Thessaloniki. All three people are unrelated.
• 1 by spot check at Paphos airport from Mykonos on 1/8.
• 1 by sampling at Larnaca Airport from a flight from Zurich today.
• 2 by private initiative.
• 1 from close contact.
• 1 pregnant with referral from her gynecologist to the Public Health Clinics before giving birth.
• 1 who had symptoms and was referred by the Personal Physician for examination.

In addition, 103 laboratory diagnoses were carried out by the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals, without the detection of a case.

Based on the data so far, the total number of positive cases amounts to 1,150.

Source: Eyenews