- Reported 1 death
- Related to:
- Male, aged 67 years, who died on 7 March
- Total number of deaths with final cause of COVID-19: 878.
- 129 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in OCHS hospitals
- 27 in serious condition (ICU: 0 off ventilator/11 intubated, NICU: 16)
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- Percentage of inpatients with no history of vaccination: 55.82%
- 21 patients who ceased to be infectious continue to be intubated due to COVID in an ICU.
Diagnostic tests:
- A total of 46,066 diagnostic tests
- A total of 1,584 new cases were identified (total cases 334.822)
- Positivity rate in all tests 3.44%
Total number of molecular tests (PCR):[/B]
- 2.756 molecular tests
- 102 positive cases
- Positivity rate 3.7%
Total number of rapid antigen detection tests (RapidTest):
- 43.310 rapid antigen detection tests
- 1.482 positive cases
- Positivity rate 3.42%
Tracing:
- 834 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and 70 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 8.39%)
Private initiative:
- 859 molecular tests were performed, 59 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 6.87%)
- 28.105 rapid antigen detection tests, 925 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 3,29%)
15,205[/B] rapid antigen detection tests were performed through the Ministry of Health programmes. 557 557 positive cases were detected.
- Sampling sites: 14.371 rapid detection test detected 487 positive cases (positivity rate 3,39%)
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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