The Ministry of Health announces that today, 24 January 2022:
- 1 death was announced from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 713.
- 221 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 75 are in serious condition. A proportion of 70.59% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 22 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 130,466 PCR and antigen rapid tests have been performed.
- 2,815 (positivity rate: 2.16%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 238,773.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 1 death announced with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 was:
- A woman, aged 87 years, who died on 24 January at Limassol General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 713, of which:
- 447 males (62.7%), and
- 266 females (37.3%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 76.1 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 221 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the inpatient units of the OCYPY, of which 75 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 75 patients in serious condition, 30 are intubated, 4 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) off ventilator and 41 in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows:
|
Hospital |
[TD]
Ward
[/TD] [TD]Number of Patients
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Famagusta
(55 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]41
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TR] [TD]Lefkosia
[/TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR](36 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]28
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Limassol
(51 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]39
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]12
[/TD] [/TR] [/TD] [TD]12
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
(12 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]10
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(30 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]25
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [/TD] [TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(3 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
[TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
(34 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]30
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off ventilator
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 130,466 diagnoses performed, 7,788 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 122,678 by the antigen rapid test, 2,815 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
35 cases from 467 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 52 cases out of 3,573 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 278 cases out of 3,034 samples taken through private initiative.
- 30 cases out of 335 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1,608 cases from 68,691 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 808 cases out of 53,987 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 4 cases from 379 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:
| District / Sector |
[TD]
Number of tests
[/TD] [TD]Number of positive tests
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]9,270
[/TD] [TD]201
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]4,628
[/TD] [TD]107
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]3,058
[/TD] [TD]78
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]2,056
[/TD] [TD]61
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]793
[/TD] [TD]17
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Houses Nursing Homes
[/TD] [TD]
Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]720
[/TD] [TD]33
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]519
[/TD] [TD]519
[/TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]207
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]160
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Primary Education
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]8,201
[/TD] [TD]32
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]6,235
[/TD] [TD]52
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]3,839
[/TD] [TD]23
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Paphos
[/TD] [TD]2,362
[/TD] [TD]28
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]1,113
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Secondary Education
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]3,243
[/TD] [TD]12
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]2,013
[/TD] [TD]20
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]1,198
[/TD] [TD]15
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Paphos
[/TD] [TD]575
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]508
[/TD] [TD]508
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Closed Structures
[/TD] [TD]212
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Tracking
[/TD] [TD]1,270
[/TD] [TD]104
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Special Schools
[/TD] [TD]479
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Government Services
[/TD] [TD]1,056
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Industrial Areas
[/TD] [TD]272
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [/TR]
The numbers given in the announcement are indicative and may may vary based on final and updated data sent as part of the National Epidemiological Risk Report published every other Friday.
(AF)
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