COVID-19 death toll in Northern Cyprus rises

One more person died from coronavirus in Northern Cyprus, Report informs referring to Health Ministry.

The 78-year-old person also had heart disease. This is the first citizen of Northern Cyprus who died from coronavirus.

So the number of people who died from coronavirus in Cyprus reached 3. The other two victims were citizens of Germany.

Currently, 90 people have active viruses, and they are under the control of doctors.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China's Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 209 countries and territories since then.

To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 1,349,000 globally, resulting in 74,806 deaths.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.