The Ministry of Health announces that today, 29 December 2021:
- 5 people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 635.
- 174 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of whom 84 are in serious condition. A proportion of 82.76% 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 118,894 PCR and antigen rapid tests have been performed.
- 3002 (positivity rate: 2.52% new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by PCR and antigen rapid test, bringing the total number of cases to 157,928.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 5 persons who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 were:
- Female, aged 74 years, who died on 29 December at Famagusta General Hospital.
- Male, aged 87 years, who died on 29 December at Paphos General Hospital.
- Female, aged 77 years, who died on 29 December at Limassol General Hospital.
- Female, aged 77 years, who died on 29 December at Limassol General Hospital.
- Male, aged 81, who died on 29 December at Nicosia General Hospital.
- Female, aged 94, who died on 29 December at home.
Consequently, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 635, of which:
- 404 males (63.6%), and
- 231 females (36.4%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 76 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 174 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 84 are in serious condition or on NSAIDs.
Of the 84 patients in serious condition, 24 are intubated, 9 are in an Intensive Care Unit off ventilator and 51 in an Intensive Care Unit.
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows:
| [TD] Hospital | Ward | Number of Patients |
| [TD] Famagusta (35 patients) | COVID ward | 27 |
| Intensive Care Unit | 8 | |
| Nicosia (17 patients) | COVID ward | 10 |
| Enhanced Care Unit | 7 | |
| [TD] Limassol (46 patients) | COVID Ward | 21 |
| Enhanced Care Unit | 25 | 25 |
[/TD]
[TR] [TD]
Paphos
(14 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]11
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(16 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]COVID ward
[TR] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(13 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]13
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units Treatment Units
(33 patients)
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]24
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off Ventilator
[/TD] [TD]9
[/TD] [/TR]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 118,894 diagnoses performed, 13,293 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 105,601 by the antigen rapid test method, 3002 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 301 cases from 1,682 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 106 cases out of 6,411 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 507 cases out of 4,739 samples taken through private initiative.
- 35 cases out of 445 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1379 cases from 74,378 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 674 cases out of 31,223 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
The following testing was carried out without detecting a case:
- 0 cases from 16 specimens obtained under the Personal Physician Referral and Special Group Screening Program through the Public Health Clinics.
In detail, the rapid antigen detection tests (rapid test) through the Ministry of Health's programme were carried out today as follows.
| District / Sector | Number of tests | Number of positive tests |
| Nicosia | 14,629 | 351 |
| Limassol | 5,693 | 129 |
|
Larnaca |
[TD]
5,266
[/TD] [TD]90
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Paphos
[/TD] [TD]2,685
[/TD] [TD]49
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]1,610
[/TD] [TD]47
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Old People's Homes
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD] [TD]655
[/TD] [TD]7
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]331
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]116
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Closed Structures
[/TD] [TD] [TD]232
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Special Schools
[/TD] [TD]6
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR]
(AF)
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