The Ministry of Health announces that today, 10 January 2022:
- 4 people died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 661.
- 245 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 86 are in serious condition. A proportion of 76.64% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 18 post-COVID patients who have ceased to be infectious (declassified cases) continue to be hospitalized intubated in serious condition due to COVID in an ICU.
- A total of 137,091 molecular (PCR) and antigen rapid tests have been performed.
- 4,187 (positivity rate: 3.05%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 208,559.
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:
- A woman, aged 82 years, who died on 9 January at Famagusta General Hospital.
- Male, aged 52, who died on 9 January at the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
- Female, aged 76, who died on 9 January at Nicosia General Hospital.
- Female, aged 76, who died on 9 January at Nicosia General Hospital.
- Male, aged 71, who died on 10 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 661, of which:
- 415 males (62.9%), and
- 246 females (37.1%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 245 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the inpatient units of the OCYPY, of which 86 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 86 patients in serious condition, 27 are intubated, 6 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit outside of a ventilator, and 53 are in an Intensive Care Unit.
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows:
|
Hospital |
[TD]
Ward
[/TD] [TD]Number of Patients
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Famagusta
(61 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]53
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD](30 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]9
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
(58 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]39
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]19
[/TD] [/TR] [/TD] [TD]19
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
(19 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]15
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(32 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]19
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD] [TD]13
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(12 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]12
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
(33 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]27
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off Ventilator
[/TD] [TD]6
[/TD] [/TR]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 137,091 diagnoses performed, 13,416 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 123,675 by the antigen rapid test method, 4187 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 200 cases from 1,958 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 86 cases out of 5,646 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 402 cases out of 4,960 samples taken through private initiative.
- 23 cases out of 403 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 2,680 cases from 87,512 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 786 cases out of 36,163 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 10 cases from 449 specimens obtained under the programme of referrals by Personal Physicians and screening of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.
In detail, the rapid antigen detection tests (rapid test) through the Ministry of Health programme were carried out today as follows:
| Province / Sector |
[TD]
Number of tests
[/TD] [TD]Number of positives
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]10,518
[/TD] [TD]356
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]4,469
[/TD] [TD]128
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]3,220
[/TD] [TD]107
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]2,160
[/TD] [TD]83
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]644
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Houses Nursing Homes
[/TD] [TD]
Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]592
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD] [TD]542
[/TD] [TD]6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]134
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]148
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Secondary Education
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]5,013
[/TD] [TD]31
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]3,510
[/TD] [TD]19
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]1,983
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]1,652
[/TD] [TD]6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]902
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Special Schools
[/TD] [TD]676
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TR]
(AF)
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