The Ministry of Health announces that today, 12 January 2022:
- 4 people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 669.
- 266 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 93 are in serious condition. A proportion of 76.32% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 16 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 112,233 tests have been performed to detect the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 3,197 (positivity rate: 2.85%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 215,271.
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:
Female, aged 68 years, who died on 9 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Limassol General Hospital.
Female, aged 81 years, who died on 11 January at Paphos General Hospital.
Male, aged 87 years, who died on 12 January at Limassol General Hospital.
A man, aged 57, who died on 12 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 669, of which:
- 419 men (62.6%), and
- 250 women (37.4%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 266 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the inpatient units of the OCYP, of which 93 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 93 patients in serious condition, 28 are intubated, 4 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) off ventilator and 61 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows:
| Νοσηλευτήριο | Θάλαμος | Αριθμός Ασθενών |
| Αμμοχώστου |
(67 ασθενείς) |
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λευκωσίας
(34 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λεμεσού
(59 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]38[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Πάφου
(26 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λάρνακα
(34 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μακάρειο
(14 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδες Εντατικής Θεραπείας
(32 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Διασωληνωμένοι[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Εκτός αναπνευστήρα[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
Γ. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 112,233 diagnoses performed, 9,558 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 102,675 by the antigen rapid test method, 3197 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 317 cases from 2,489 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 43 cases out of 1,681 samples taken in the framework of passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 355 cases out of 4,843 samples taken through private initiative.
- 26 cases out of 381 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1,352 cases out of 56,091 samples tested by the antigen rapid test method in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 1,097 cases out of 46,584 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 7 cases out of 164 samples taken 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 | 14,196 | 412 | |
| Λεμεσός | 5,685 | 150 | |
| Λάρνακα | 5,985 | 170 | |
| Πάφος | 2,827 | 87 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 2,682 | 63 | |
| Οίκοι Ευγηρίας | Λευκωσία | 553 | 6 |
| Λεμεσός | 291 | 0 | |
| Πάφος | 299 | 0 | |
| Μέση Εκπαίδευση | Λευκωσία | 4,663 | 45 |
| Λεμεσός | 3,259 | 16 | |
| Λάρνακα | 2,297 | 10 | |
| Πάφος | 1,534 | 18 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 818 | 1 | |
| Κλειστές Δομές | 187 | 2 | |
| Ιχνηλάτηση | 1,308 | 117 |
The numbers provided in the announcement are indicative and may vary based on final and updated data sent as part of the National Epidemiological Risk Report published every other Friday.
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