The Ministry of Health announces that today, 6 January 2022:
- No patient deaths with COVID-19 as the final cause of death were recorded, and therefore the total number of deaths remains 650.
- 235 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 73 are in serious condition. A proportion of 77.45% 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 77,255 molecular (PCR) and antigen rapid tests have been performed.
- 3,777 (positivity rate: 4.89%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 192,157.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
No deaths of patients with COVID-19 were recorded. Therefore, the total number of deaths with a final cause of COVID-19 disease remains 650, of which:
- 411 males (63.2%), and
- 239 females (36.8%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 76 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 235 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 73 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 73 patients in serious condition, 29 are intubated, 2 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit outside of a ventilator, and 42 are in an Intensive Care Unit.
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows:
|
Hospital |
[TD]
Ward
[/TD] [TD]Number of Patients
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Famagusta
(43 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]35
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
(30 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]23
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]7
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
(62 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]47
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]15
[/TD] [/TR] [/TD] [TD]15
[/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
(25 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]17
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(22 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]22
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
(31 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]29
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off Ventilator
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [/TR]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 77,255 diagnoses performed, 12,452 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 64,803 by the antigen rapid test method, 3,777 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 250 cases from 2,445 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 75 cases out of 3,930 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 593 cases out of 5,667 samples taken through private initiative.
- 14 cases out of 205 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1,328 cases from 26,539 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 1,510 cases out of 38,264 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 7 cases from 205 samples taken 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:
| Province / Sector |
[TD]
Number of tests
[/TD] [TD]Number of positives
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]15,507
[/TD] [TD]685
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]7,659
[/TD] [TD]341
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]6,133
[/TD] [TD]223
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]3,592
[/TD] [TD]161
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]2,732
[/TD] [TD]80
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Old People's Homes
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD][300
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]15
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Closed Structures
[/TD] [TD]2,326
[/TD] [TD]20
[/TD] [/TR]
(AF)
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