Republic of Cyprus Second Voluntary National Report - Sustainable development goals

18 COVID-19 – Impact and actions In comparison to the EU, the timeline of daily cases (per million) in Cyprus follows the corresponding EU average from March 2020 up to November 2020. However, for the period of December 2020 until January 2021, an increase is observed in Cyprus, whereas the EU average was stabilised. Following this period, a general stabilisation is observed in daily cases until March 2021. This stabilisation continued in the EU, but in the case of Cyprus, data shows an increase in daily cases. In regard to the daily deaths (per million) timeline, Cyprus and the EU follow a similar pattern, but the average number of daily deaths in EU is always higher than the one of Cyprus for the entire period. Finally, a similar pattern is observed between Cyprus and the EU in the timeline of daily tests (per thousand), until December 2020. Thereafter Cyprus has drastically increased the number of daily tests. 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Cyprus EU Figure 3.: Daily cases (per million) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cyprus EU Figure 4.: Daily deaths (per million) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Cyprus EU Figure 5.: Daily test (per thousand)