Paphos Life

Two people died from coronavirus on Sunday and 269 new cases were found among a record 109,846 tests, the ministry of health announced.

The two deaths bring to 336 the number of people who have died so far.

There are a total of 224 people being treated for Covid in hospital, 62 of whom are in a serious condition.

The 269 new cases represent a positivity rate of 0.24 per cent and bring to 69,432 the total number of cases recorded since the start of the pandemic.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/05/09/coro ... 846-tests/

Perhaps the lockdown worked?!

That positivity rate is very, very low - many countries will be seeing 3 - 5% at the moment...

In Scotland, we are dropping below 1% consistently for the first time in a long time... Roughly 200 new cases per day in Scotland - most in younger age groups

However, for the population in Cyprus, you have more in Hospital and more in ICU than a country like Scotland...

We have 63 in Hospital and 8 in Intensive Care....

So, once the vaccinations catch up in Cyprus, you should see similar low rates

PS Cyprus is about a fifth of Scotland, population-wise