The Ministry of Health announces that today, 6 January 2022:
- No patient deaths were recorded with COVID-19 as the final cause of death, and therefore the total number of deaths remains 650.
- 235 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 73 are in serious condition. A proportion of 77.45% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 15 post-COVID patients who ceased to be infectious (declassified cases) continue to be hospitalized intubated in serious condition due to COVID in an ICU.
- A total of 77,255 tests for detection of the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test have been performed.
- 3,777 (positivity rate: 4.89%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the molecular (PCR) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 192,157.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
No deaths of patients with COVID-19 were recorded. Therefore, the total number of deaths with a final cause of COVID-19 disease remains 650, of which:
- 411 males (63.2%), and
- 239 females (36.8%).
The average age of deaths from the disease is 76 years.
B]B. Inpatients:
In total, 235 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 73 are in serious condition or on NSAIDs.
Of the 73 patients in serious condition, 29 are intubated, 2 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) off ventilator and 42 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows:
| Νοσηλευτήριο | Θάλαμος | Αριθμός Ασθενών |
| Αμμοχώστου |
(43 ασθενείς) |
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]35[/TD]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λευκωσίας
(30 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λεμεσού
(62 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]47[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Πάφου
(22 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λάρνακα
(25 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μακάρειο
(22 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδες Εντατικής Θεραπείας
(31 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Διασωληνωμένοι[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Εκτός αναπνευστήρα[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
Γ. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 77,255 diagnoses performed, 12,452 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 64,803 by the antigen rapid test method, 3,777 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 250 cases from 2,445 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 75 cases out of 3,930 samples taken in the framework of passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 593 cases out of 5,667 samples taken through private initiative.
- 14 cases out of 205 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1,328 cases from 26,539 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 1,510 cases from 38,264 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 7 cases from 205 specimens obtained under the Personal Physician Referral and Special Group Screening Program through the 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 | 15,507 | 685 | |
| Λεμεσός | 7,659 | 341 | |
| Λάρνακα | 6,133 | 223 | |
| Πάφος | 3,592 | 161 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 2,732 | 80 | |
| Οίκοι Ευγηρίας | Λευκωσία | 300 | 0 |
| Λάρνακα | 15 | 0 | |
| Κλειστές Δομές | 2,326 | 20 |
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