The Ministry of Health announces that today, 4 March 2022:
- 4 deaths
- Related to:
- Male, aged 68 years, who died on 3 March
- Male, aged 83 years, who died on 3 March
- Female, aged 79 years, who died on 4 March
- Female, aged 90 years, who died on 4 March
- Total number of deaths with a terminal cause of COVID-19: 873.
- 137 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in OCHS hospitals
- 30 in serious condition (ICU: 1 off ventilator/12 intubated, NICU: 17)
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- Percentage of inpatients with no history of vaccination: 57.67%
- 16 patients who ceased to be infectious continue to be intubated due to COVID in an ICU.
Diagnostic tests:
- A total of 107,650 diagnostic tests
- A total of 2,114 new cases were identified (total 329 cases.674)
- Positivity rate in all tests 1.96%
Total number of molecular tests (PCR):[/B]
- 3.659 molecular tests
- 283 positive cases
- Positivity rate 7.73%
Total number of rapid antigen detection tests (RapidTest):
- Performed 103.991 rapid antigen detection tests
- 1.831 positive cases
- Positivity rate 1.76%
Tracing:
- 272 molecular tests were performed and 51 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 18,75%)
- 626 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and 67 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 10.7%)
Private initiative:
- Conducted 1.579 molecular tests, 179 positive cases detected (positivity rate 11.34%)
- 48,563 rapid antigen detection tests performed, 1.121 positive cases (positivity rate 2.31%)
Through the Ministry of Health programmes, 55,428 rapid antigen detection tests were performed. 710 positive cases were detected.
- Sampling points: 17,124 rapid detection tests detected 432 positive cases (positivity rate 2,52%)
Education
- Primary education: 20.607 rapid antigen detection test, 87 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 0.42%)
- Secondary Education: 11.401 rapid detection tests identified 86 positive cases (positivity rate 0.75%)
- Test-to-Stay: 3.779 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and 32 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 0.85%)
Other
Welfare homes: 871 rapid antigen detection tests were performed, 4 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 0.46%)
- Closed facilities: 37 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and no new cases were detected (positivity rate 0%).
- Government services: 890 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and no positive cases were detected (positivity rate 0%)
- Industrial sites: 93 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and 2 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 2,15%)
Note:
The numbers reported in the announcement are indicative and may vary based on final and updated data sent as part of the National Epidemiological Risk Report published every other Friday.
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