COVID19: New record in 14-day case rate

Cyprus reported a record 46,487 new COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks, pushing the island’s 14-day accumulated diagnosis rate to its highest level, with the Omicron variant driving the latest surge in the pandemic. Hospitalisations are also dangerously nearing their all-time high, according to health ministry data. The island’s two-week cumulative case rate increased to a staggering 5,235 per 100,000, up from 3,199.8 reported in the previous survey. According to the Health Ministry’s latest national epidemiological report, the record...