The Ministry of Health announces that today, 27 December 2021:
- 2 people died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 630.
- 161 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 78 are in serious condition. 80.75% 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 121,127 tests have been performed to detect the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 1925 (positivity rate: 1.59% new cases of COVID-19 were detected by the molecular (PCR) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 152,685.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 2 persons who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 were:
A woman, aged 79 years, who died on 27 December in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
Male, aged 75 years, who died on 27 December at Famagusta General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with a terminal cause of COVID-19 is 630, of which:
- 402 males (63.8%), and
- 228 women (36,2 %).
The average age of those dying from the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 161 patients with COVID-19[/b][/b] are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYP, of which 78 are in serious condition or on NSAIDs.
Of the 78 patients in serious condition, 27 are intubated, 4 are in an Intensive Care Unit off ventilator and 47 are in an Intensive Care Unit.
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows.
| Hospital | Θάλαμος | Number of Patients |
| Αμμοχώστου |
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(32 ασθενείς) |
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]25[/td]
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[td]Intensive Care Unit[/td]
[td]7[/td]
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[td]Nicosia
(17 patients)[/td]
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]10[/td]
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[td]Intensive Care Unit[/td]
[td]7[/td]
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[tr]
[td]Limassol
(48 patients)[/td]
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]27[/td]
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[tr]
[td]Intensive Care Unit[/td]
[td]21[/td]
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[tr]
[td]Πάφου
(12 ασθενείς)[/td]
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]8[/td]
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[td]Intensive Care Unit[/td]
[td]4[/td]
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[tr]
[td]Larnaca
(17 patients)[/td]
[td]Intensive Care Unit[/td]
[td]9[/td]
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[tr]
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]8[/td]
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[tr]
[td]Makarios
(4 patients)[/td]
[td]COVID ward[/td]
[td]4[/td]
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[td]Intensive Care Units
(31 patients)[/td]
[td]Intubated[/td]
[td]27[/td]
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[td]Off ventilator[/td]
[td]4[/td]
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C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 121,127 diagnoses performed, 12,917 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 108,210 by the antigen rapid test method, 1925 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:[/p
- 164 cases from 1,979 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 44 cases out of 5,626 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 388 cases out of 4,462 samples taken through private initiative.
- 13 cases out of 502 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 926 cases from 80,407 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 384 cases out of 27,803 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 6 cases from 348 specimens obtained under the programme of referrals by Personal Physicians and screening of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.
In detail, rapid antigen detection tests (rapid test) through the Ministry of Health's programme were carried out today as follows.
| Province / Sector | Number of tests | Number of positives | |
| Λευκωσία | 12,558 | 196 | |
| Λεμεσός | 5,156 | 84 | |
| Λάρνακα | 4,243 | 51 | |
| Πάφος | 2,811 | 29 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 1,664 | 20 | |
| Nursing Homes | Λευκωσία | 541 | 0 |
| Λεμεσός | 253 | 1 | |
| Πάφος | 224 | 3 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 124 | 0 | |
| Closed Structures | 184 | 0 | |
| Special Schools | 45 | 0 |
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