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The Ministry of Health announces that today, December 24, 2021:
- 2 people died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 627.
- 168 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 62 are in serious condition. A proportion of 76.2% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 14 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 112,532 tests for the detection of the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test have been performed.
- 917 (positivity rate: 0.81% new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid test, bringing the total number of cases to 149,580.
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 male, aged 91 years, who died on 23 December in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
Male, aged 91 years, who died on 24 December at the Limassol General Hospital
Therefore, the total number of deaths with a terminal cause of COVID-19 is 627, of which:
- 400 males (63.8%), and
- 227 females (36.2%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 168 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 62 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 62 patients in serious condition, 22 are intubated, 6 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) off ventilator and 34 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The situation in the hospitals is as follows:
| Νοσηλευτήριο | Θάλαμος | Αριθμός Ασθενών |
| Αμμοχώστου |
(33 ασθενείς) |
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]27[/TD]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λευκωσίας
(17 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λεμεσού
(44 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Πάφου
(17 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Λάρνακα
(21 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Μονάδα Αυξημένης Φροντίδας[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μακάρειο
(8 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Θάλαμος COVID[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Μονάδες Εντατικής Θεραπείας
(28 ασθενείς)[/TD]
[TD]Διασωληνωμένοι[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Εκτός αναπνευστήρα[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
Γ. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 112,532 diagnoses performed, 10,963 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 101,569 by the antigen rapid test method, 917 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 58 cases from 6,661 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 223 cases out of 4,076 samples taken through private initiative.
- 14 cases out of 218 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 467 cases out of 72,156 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 155 cases out of 29,413 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
In addition, the following tests were performed without detecting a case:
- 0 cases from 8 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 | 14,336 | 76 | |
| Λεμεσός | 4,858 | 45 | |
| Λάρνακα | 4,969 | 14 | |
| Πάφος | 2,159 | 11 | |
| Αμμόχωστος | 2,306 | 8 | |
| Οίκοι Ευγηρίας | Λευκωσία | 300 | 0 |
| Λεμεσός | 193 | 1 | |
| Κλειστές Δομές | 141 | 0 | |
| Εθνική Φρουρά | 151 | 0 |
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