[PIO] Announcement by the Ministry of Health on new cases of COVID-19, 9 February 2022

The Ministry of Health announces that today, 9 February 2022:

- 5 deaths

- Related to:

1. Male, aged 65 years, who died on February 8
2. Male, aged 88 years, who died on February 9
3. Male, aged 85 years, who died on February 9
4. Male, aged 90 years, who died on February 9
5. Female, aged 94 years, who died on February 9

- Total number of deaths with a terminal cause of COVID-19: 761.

- 199 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in OCHS hospitals

- 49 in serious condition (3 in ICU/18 intubated, 28 in PICU)

- Percentage of hospitalized patients with no history of vaccination: 65.33%

- 26post-COVID patients who ceased to be infectious continue to be intubated due to COVID in an ICU.

Diagnostic tests:

- A total of 95 were performed.572 diagnostic tests

- 2,779 new cases were identified (total cases 280,643).

- Positivity rate in all tests 2.91%

Molecular tests (PCR):

- 5.990 molecular tests

- 484 positive cases

- Positivity rate 8.08%

Rapid antigen detection test (RapidTest):

- 89,582 rapid antigen detection tests

- 2.295 positive cases

- Positivity rate 2.56%

Tracing:

- 655 molecular tests were performed and 87 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 13.28%)

- 1.418 rapid antigen detection tests and 97 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 6,84%)

Private initiative:

- 2,281 molecular tests were performed, 299 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 13.11%)

- 44,397 rapid antigen detection tests were performed, 1.303 positive cases (positivity rate 2.93%)

45,185 rapid antigen detection tests were performed through the Ministry of Health programmes. A total of 992 positive cases were detected.

- Sampling points: 23,694rapid detection tests identified 719 positive cases (positivity rate 3.03%)

Education

- Primary education: no rapid detection tests were performed.

- Secondary Education: 11,893 rapid detection tests identified 80 positive cases (positivity rate 0.67%)

- Test-to-Stay: 6.620 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and 76 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 1.15%)

- Special schools: 172 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and 1 positive case was identified (positivity rate 0,58%)

Other

- Welfare homes: 1 positive case was performed.338

rapid antigen detection tests, 19 positive cases detected (positivity rate 1.42%)

- Government agencies: 50 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and 0 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 0%)

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.

The change in the way the daily results are communicated has a twofold objective.

On the one hand, it simplifies the way the results were communicated on a daily basis to make them more easily understood by media practitioners and citizens. Moreover, no data have been removed from the communication, apart from the analysis of inpatients per hospital (which will now be given in total for all hospitals), which is not considered necessary as it does not provide essential information on the progress and monitoring of the pandemic.

On the other hand, the tests carried out per population category are grouped together in order to draw more accurate conclusions at a scientific level.

For example, the weighting of the results and the positivity rate through the tracing process is different from the weighting of the results that are carried out every day and concern people who need a negative result for SafePass purposes.

In the same way, the positivity rate from the tests carried out in schools is of a different weighting from the other corresponding rates, since through this, a more correct monitoring of the situation in schools can be carried out.

On the basis of this weighting of the results and the positivity rate through the tracing process is different from the weighting of the results that are carried out every day and concern people who need a negative result for SafePass purposes.

[P IT IS STRESSED THAT FURTHER CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE MADE SUBSEQUENTLY AND DEPENDING ON THE DATA OBTAINED PER PHASE OF THE PANDEMIC.

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