The Ministry of Health announces that today, 20 December 2021:
- 3 people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 623.
- 179 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of whom 60 are in serious condition. A proportion of 81.01% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 15 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 106,483 tests have been performed to detect the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test (antigen rapid test).
- 835 (positivity rate: 0.78% new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by PCR and antigen rapid test, bringing the total number of cases to 145,996.
The current results are detailed below.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 3 individuals who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 were:
- Male, aged 68 years, who died on 20 December in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital;
- Female, aged 83 years, who died on 20 December in Larnaca General Hospital.
- Female, aged 83 years, who died on 20 December in Larnaca General Hospital.
- Male, aged 92, who died on 19 December at Famagusta General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 623, of which:
- 397 males (63.7%), and
- 226 females (36.3%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 179 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 60 are in serious condition or on NSAIDs.
Of the 60 patients in serious condition, 23 are intubated, 1 is in an Intensive Care Unit off a ventilator and 36 are in an Intensive Care Unit.
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows.
| Hospital | Ward | Number of Patients |
| (42 patients) | ||
| (22 patients) | ||
| (44 patients) | ||
| (20 patients) | ||
| (22 patients) | ||
| (5 patients) | ||
| (24 patients) | ||
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COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test): Of the 106,483 diagnoses performed, 11,586 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 94,897 by the antigen rapid test, 835 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
49 cases from 743 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.- 49 cases from 6,605 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 137 cases out of 3,624 samples taken through private initiative.
- 7 cases out of 167 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 421 cases from 62,678 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 170 cases out of 32,219 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 2 cases from 446 specimens obtained under the Personal Physician Referral and Special Group Screening Program through the Public Health Clinics.
- In addition, the following investigations were carried out without detecting a case:
- In detail, rapid tests through the Ministry of Health's programme were carried out today as follows:
| District / Sector | Number of tests | Number of positive tests | |
| Nicosia | |||
| Limassol | |||
| Larnaca | |||
| Paphos | |||
| Famagusta | |||
| Old people's homes | Nicosia | ||
| Limassol | |||
| Larnaca | |||
| Paphos | |||
| Famagusta |
| Primary Education | Nicosia | [td] | |
| Limassol | |||
| Larnaca | |||
| Paphos | |||
| Famagusta | |||
| Μέση Εκπαίδευση | Λευκωσία | ||
| Λεμεσός | |||
| Λάρνακα | |||
| Πάφος | |||
| Αμμόχωστος | |||
| Κλειστές Δομές | |||
| Ειδικά Σχολεία | |
PIO
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