In the past 24 hours, police carried out a record 11,059 checks for violations of Covid-19 decrees and booked 88 individuals and three businesses for not complying.

Most of those who were fined from Tuesday until Wednesday did not have an SMS permission to move around outdoors or did not wear a protective mask.

The checks by district:

Nicosia: 2,055 checks, four individuals, one business booked

Limassol: 2,444 checks, 51 booked

Larnaca: 2,837 checks, 13 booked

Famagusta: 1,195 checks, 9 booked

Paphos: 1,682 checks, 9 individuals, two premises booked

Morphou: 606 checks, 2 booked

An additional 243 inspections which were conducted by traffic police and 27 by marine police did not result in any bookings.