The Ministry of Health announces that today, 25 December 2021:
- 1 person died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 628.
- 157 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 63 are in serious condition. A proportion of 75.65% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 13 post-COVID patients who ceased to be infectious (declassified cases) continue to be hospitalized intubated in serious condition due to COVID in ICU.
- A total of 16,231 tests have been performed to detect the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 268 (positivity rate: 1,65 %) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 149,848.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 1 person who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 was:
A male, aged 76 years, who died on 25 December at Nicosia General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with a final cause of COVID-19 is 628, of which:
[p- 401 males (63.9%), and
- 227 women (36.1%).
The average age of those dying from the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 157 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 63 are in serious condition or on NSAIDs.
Of the 63 patients in serious condition, 24 are intubated, 4 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) off ventilator and 35 in an Intensive Care Unit.
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows.
| Hospital | Θάλαμος | Number of Patients |
| Αμμοχώστου |
[/td]
(33 ασθενείς) |
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]27[/td]
[tr]
[td]Intensive Care Unit[/td]
[td]6[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Nicosia
(16 patients)[/td]
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]11[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Intensive Care Unit[/td]
[td]5[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Limassol
(42 patients)[/td]
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]29[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Intensive Care Unit[/td]
[td]13[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Πάφου
(13 ασθενείς)[/td]
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]10[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Intensive Care Unit[/td]
[td]3[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Larnaca
(19 patients)[/td]
[td]Intensive Care Unit[/td]
[td]11[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]8[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Makarios
(6 patients)[/td]
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]6[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Intensive Care Units
(28 patients)[/td]
[td]Intubated[/td]
[td]24[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Off ventilator[/td]
[td]4[/td]
[/tr]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):
Of the 16,231 diagnoses performed, 7,073 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 9,158 by the antigen rapid test method, 268 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 53 cases from 5,017 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 82 cases out of 1,897 samples taken through private initiative.
- 7 cases out of 159 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 126 cases from 9,158 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
No antigen rapid tests were currently performed through the Ministry of Health's program
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