The Ministry of Health announces that today, 11 January 2022:
- 4 people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 665.
- 252 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 76 are in serious condition. A proportion of 76.2% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 20 post-COVID patients who have ceased to be infectious (declassified cases) continue to be hospitalized intubated in serious condition due to COVID in an intensive care unit.
- A total of 105,376 tests have been performed to detect the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 3,515 (positivity rate: 3,34%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the molecular (PCR) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 212,074.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 4 persons who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 were:
A male, aged 55 years, who died on 11 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
A man, aged 88 years, who died on 10 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
A woman, aged 53, who died on 10 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
A woman, aged 84, who died on 10 January at Nicosia General Hospital.
A woman, aged 84, who died on 10 January at Nicosia General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 665, of which:
- 417 males (62.7%), and
- 248 females (37.3%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 252 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the inpatient units of the OCHS, of which 76 are in serious condition or in NICUs.
Of the 76 patients in serious condition, 24 are intubated, 5 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit outside of a ventilator, and 47 are in an Intensive Care Unit.
The situation in the hospitals is as follows:
| Νοσηλευτήριο | Θάλαμος | Αριθμός Ασθενών |
| Αμμοχώστου[/P] (65 ασθενείς) |
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λευκωσίας
(31 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λεμεσού
(60 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]42[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Πάφου
(20 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λάρνακα
(35 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μακάρειο
(12 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδες Εντατικής Θεραπείας
(29 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Διασωληνωμένοι[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Εκτός αναπνευστήρα[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[/TR]
Γ. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):
Of the 105,376 diagnoses performed, 12,074 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 93,302 by the antigen rapid test, 3,515 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 266 cases from 2,270 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 51 cases out of 2,711 samples taken in the framework of passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 705 cases out of 6,476 samples taken through private initiative.
- 55 cases out of 451 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1,676 cases out of 57,087 samples tested by the antigen rapid test method in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 754 cases from 36,215 specimens tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 8 cases from 166 specimens obtained under the Personal Physician Referral and Specialist Group Screening Programme through Public Health Clinics.
In detail, rapid tests through the Ministry of Health's programme were carried out today as follows:
| Επαρχία / Τομέας | Αριθμός τεστ | Αριθμός θετικών | |
| Λευκωσία | 9,046 | 256 | |
| Λεμεσός | 4,237 | 140 | |
| Λάρνακα | 3,266 | 95 | |
| Πάφος | 2,283 | 63 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 707 | 23 | |
| Οίκοι Ευγηρίας | Λευκωσία | 585 | 4 |
| Λεμεσός | 228 | 11 | |
| Λάρνακα | 196 | 2 | |
| Μέση Εκπαίδευση | Λευκωσία | 5,615 | 45 |
| Λεμεσός | 3,953 | 23 | |
| Λάρνακα | 1,851 | 10 | |
| Πάφος | 1,368 | 6 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 424 | 3 | |
| Κλειστές Δομές | 1824 | 8 | |
| Εθνική Φρουρά | 180 | 6 | |
| Ιχνηλάτηση | 452 | 59 |
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