Coronavirus cases and hospitalisations increased by about 78 per cent in the last 14 days compared with the previous two weeks, the biweekly epidemiological report showed on Friday.
However, the number of patients in ICUs remained the stable.
In total, 59,800 cases were detected in the last 14 days since March 15, from 1,246,516 tests, translating to a 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate of 6,734.2 per 100,000 population.
This is a large spike compared with the previous period when 33,488 coronavirus cases have been reported out of 49,534 PCR and 1,208,489 rapid tests with a 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate at 3,771.2 per 100,000 population.
The median age of the new cases is 35 years.
Meanwhile, as of March 30, 178 people with Covid-19 were treated at state hospitals compared with 100 in the previous report.
Of these, 55.8 per cent were men.
Over one third of the hospitalised patients come from Limassol district which accounts for 36.3 per cent of hospitalisations.
Despite the increase in hospitalisations, only five patients were intubated in ICUs, same as the previous report issued last month.
Regarding mortalities, experts wrote that 933 people have died from the virus up until March 30 in the island.
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