The Republic of Cyprus has been placed 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, with a reported 2,323 cases between June 16 and 29, with the cumulative diagnosis rate at 261.6 per 100,000 residents.
This places it in the red category, with the health ministry warning that cases are approaching the dark red category.
The ECDC categorises countries as dark red if the 14-day cumulative Covid-19 cumulative diagnoses rate is 500 or more.
The Republic of Cyprus health ministry said 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”.
While in The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the lastest daily-up date on July 1, 61 new cases have been reported.