Ministry of Health announces new cases of COVID-19, for the week 20 26 May 2022
The Ministry of Health announces that for the week 20 26 May 2022:
2 deaths
Announced
They relate to:
- Male, aged 77 years, who died on 20/05/2022
- Female, aged 74 years, who died on 21/05/2022
Total number of deaths with a terminal cause of COVID-19: 1059.
30 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized
8 in serious condition (ICU: 4 off ventilator/1 intubated, NICU: 3)
10 patients who ceased to be infectious continue to be intubated due to COVID in ICU.
Diagnostic tests:
A total of 74,539 diagnostic tests
A total of 1,774 new cases were identified (total cases 489,963).
Positivity rate in all tests 2.38%
Total number of molecular tests (PCR):
5 were performed.133 molecular tests
238 positive cases
Positivity rate 4.64%
Total number of rapid antigen detection tests (Rapid Test):
69,406 rapid antigen detection tests were performed
1.536 positive cases
Positivity rate 2.21%
Tracing:
91 molecular tests were performed and 3 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 3.3%)
Private initiative:
3.611 molecular tests, 187 positive cases detected (5.18% positivity rate)
57,139 rapid antigen detection tests performed, 1,445 positive cases detected (2.53% positivity rate)
Through the Ministry of Health programs, 12,267 rapid antigen detection tests
were performed. 91 positive cases were detected.
Sampling sites: 3.020 rapid detection tests detected 63 positive cases (2.09% positivity rate)
Education
Primary education: 170 rapid antigen detection tests, no positive cases detected (0% positivity rate)
Other
National Guard: 635 rapid antigen detection tests were conducted and 2 positive cases were identified (0.31% positivity rate)
Welfare homes: 3 were conducted.695 rapid antigen detection tests were performed, 25 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 0.68%)
Closed facilities: 4,747 rapid antigen detection tests were performed, 1 new case was detected (positivity rate 0.02%)
Closed facilities: 4,747 rapid antigen detection tests were performed, 1 new case was detected (positivity rate 0.02%).
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