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Coronavirus: Teen dies of Covid in north

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A 15-year-old has died in the north after spending months in intensive care with Covid, reports said on Friday.

He is the youngest victim of the virus in the north since the outbreak of the pandemic in March last year.

Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen said the teen had been suffering from diabetes and obesity.

The number of deaths from Covid in the north has reached 88 while the number of cases was 22,173.

On Thursday, health authorities reported 99 new infections after 12,949 tests.

Turkish Cypriots reported 1,235 active cases with 42 being treated in medical centres, seven in intensive care.

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