COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Cyprus | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China[1] |
Index case | North Nicosia |
Arrival date | 10 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months, 1 week and 2 days) |
Confirmed cases | 117,396[2] |
Active cases | 309 |
Recovered | 4,922 |
Deaths | 117,087 |
Fatality rate | 0.49% |
Government website | |
Official website |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Cyprus was a part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
The first case in Northern Cyprus was recorded on 10 March, when a local returned home from a trip to Europe.[3] The first death due to COVID-19 in the country occurred on 28 March.[3]
As of 21 April 2021[update],[4] Northern Cyprus has 5,746 confirmed cases, 4,922 recoveries, 28 deaths, and a death rate of 87 per million people, one of the lowest rates globally.[5][6]
As of 16 April 2021[update], Northern Cyprus's observed case-fatality rate stands at 0.52%, the 139th highest rate globally.[7][8]