Paphos People

The average age of new coronavirus cases is 23, the health ministry said, as a spike in infections has pushed Cyprus back into the red category of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Following a surge in coronavirus cases that started late in June, the health ministry detected 2,323 cases between June 16 and 29, with the cumulative diagnosis rate at 261.6 per 100,000 residents, the bimonthly epidemiological report revealed on Friday.

This places Cyprus in the red category, with the health ministry warning that cases are approaching the dark red category.

Countries are listed red if the 14-day cumulative rate ranges from 75 to 200 and the coronavirus test positivity rate is 4 per cent or more, or if the 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate is more than 200 but less than 500.

Moreover, the ECDC categorises countries as dark red if the 14-day cumulative Covid-19 cumulative diagnoses rate is 500 or more.

The drop in the average age of people testing positive was attributed to the “low vaccination coverage in the under 40s and the lack of compliance [to coronavirus measures] in the places where people of these ages socialise”.

Read more:- https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/07/02/coronavirus-cyprus-back-in-red-category-as-new-cases-surge/

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Dave
Moira And Dave

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

I guess it was inevitable but, nevertheless, it is real pain up the **** for those desperate to get back to work.

The only bit of good news in the story is the bit that says "Paphos, which ranks first among all districts as regards to vaccination coverage, with 73.8 per cent of residents having received an anti-Covid jab, attributed for 4.6 per cent of the cases."