Eight new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Friday the health ministry said, half of them health professionals.

Of the eight new confirmed cases, three are health professionals at Paphos hospital and one in Limassol hospital. Another case concerns an employee at the Limassol hospital who is not a doctor or nurse.

The other three concern contacts of persons already tested positive for Covid-19. Two of them are members of the same family.

Two of the 75 confirmed cases are in stable condition at Limassol’s ICU while 12 are at Famagusta General Hospital which is the referral hospital.