The Ministry of Health announces that today, 5 January 2022:
- 4 people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 649.
- 205 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of whom 70 are in serious condition. 80% of those hospitalized 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 130,076 tests have been performed to detect the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 5,202 (positivity rate: 4%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 188,380.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 3 persons who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 were:
- A woman, aged 84 years, who died on 4 January at Larnaca General Hospital.
- Male, 80 years old, who died on 5 January at Nicosia General Hospital.
- Female, 58 years old, who died on 5 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
- Female, 58 years old, who died on 5 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
- Woman, 91 years old, who died on January 5 at Limassol General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 649, of which:
- 411 males (63.3%), and
- 429 females (66.1%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 76 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 205 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 70 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 70 patients in serious condition, 28 are intubated, 3 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) off ventilator and 39 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
(42 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]34
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
(16 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]10
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]6
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Limassol
(50 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]36
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [/TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
(22 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]18
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(24 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]17
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD] [TD]7
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(20 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]20
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
(31 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]28
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off Ventilator
[/TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [/TR]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 130,076 diagnoses performed, 14,588 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 115,488 by the antigen rapid test method, 5202 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 112 cases from 747 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 108 cases from 3,841 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 970 cases out of 9,510 samples taken through private initiative.
- 63 cases out of 467 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 2634 cases from 75,037 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 1315 cases out of 40,451 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
In addition, the following tests were performed without detecting a case:
- 0 cases from 2 specimens obtained under the Personal Physician Referral and Special Group Screening Program through the Public Health Clinics.
- 0 cases from 21 samples taken as part of audits in closed facilities.
In detail, rapid tests through the Ministry of Health's rapid test programme were carried out today as follows:
| Province / Sector |
[TD]
Number of tests
[/TD] [TD]Number of positives
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]18,539
[/TD] [TD]615
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]8,080
[/TD] [TD]297
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]6,510
[/TD] [TD]178
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]3,546
[/TD] [TD]126
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]2,265
[/TD] [TD]60
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Old People's Homes
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]789
[/TD] [TD]22
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]379
[/TD] [TD]13
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]117
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Closed Structures
[/TD] [TD]180
[/TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Special Schools
[/TD] [TD]46
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR]
(AF)
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