The Ministry of Health announces that today, 17 January 2022:
- 3 people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 684.
- 270 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of whom 94 are in serious condition. A proportion of 70.64% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 17 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 138,351 tests for detection of the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test have been performed.
- 3,143 (positivity rate: 2.27%) new cases of COVID-19 were detected by the molecular (PCR) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 228,881.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 3 persons who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 were:
Male, aged 70 years, who died on 16 January at Limassol General Hospital.
Male, aged 91 years, who died on 17 January at Limassol General Hospital.
A man, aged 64, who died on 17 January at Paphos General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with COVID-19 as the final cause is 684, of which:
- 430 males (62.9%), and
- 254 females (37.1%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 76 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 270 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 94 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 94 patients in serious condition, 34 are intubated, 6 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) off ventilator and 54 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows:
| Νοσηλευτήριο | Θάλαμος | Αριθμός Ασθενών |
| Αμμοχώστου |
(58 ασθενείς) |
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]43[/TD]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λευκωσίας
(39 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λεμεσού
(62 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]46[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Πάφου
(30 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λάρνακα
(31 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μακάρειο
(10 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδες Εντατικής Θεραπείας
(40 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Διασωληνωμένοι[/TD]
[TD]34[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Εκτός αναπνευστήρα[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
Γ. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 138,351 diagnoses performed, 10,024 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 128,327 by the antigen rapid test method, 3143 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 89 cases from 1,744 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 65 cases out of 3,724 samples taken in the framework of passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 358 cases out of 3,928 samples taken through private initiative.
- 26 cases out of 358 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1,666 cases out of 76,128 samples tested by the antigen rapid test method in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 927 cases from 52,199 specimens tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 12 cases from 270 specimens obtained under the programme of referrals from Personal Physicians and screening of special groups 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 | 10,085 | 178 | |
| Λεμεσός | 5,063 | 102 | |
| Λάρνακα | 3,302 | 86 | |
| Πάφος | 1,985 | 57 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 756 | 10 | |
| Οίκοι Ευγηρίας | Λευκωσία | 749 | 6 |
| Λεμεσός | 509 | 8 | |
| Λάρνακα | 189 | 1 | |
| Πάφος | 157 | 0 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 25 | 1 | |
| Δημοτική Εκπαίδευση | Λευκωσία | 7,514 | 22 |
| Λεμεσός | 6,427 | 42 | |
| Λάρνακα | 3,722 | 17 | |
| Πάφος | 2328 | 14 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 1043 | 1 | |
| Μέση Εκπαίδευση | Λευκωσία | 3,842 | 12 |
| Λεμεσός | 2,897 | 17 | |
| Λάρνακα | 1,434 | 9 | |
| Πάφος | 752 | 3 | |
| Κλειστές Δομές | 203 | 3 | |
| Ιχνηλάτηση | 1550 | 105 | |
| Ειδικά Σχολεία | 529 | 8 |
Οι αριθμοί που mentioned in the communication are indicative and may vary based on final and updated data sent as part of the National Epidemiological Risk Report published every second Friday.
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