[PIO] Ministry of Health announcement of new cases of COVID-19 for the week 16 - 22 December 2022

The Ministry of Health announces that for the week 16 - 22 December 2022:

- 5 deaths

- Related to:

1. Male, age 61, who died on 10/13/2021
2. Female, age 91, who died on 12/14/2022
3. Female, age 95, who died on 12/19/2022
4. Male, aged 91 years, who died on 19/12/2022
5. Male, aged 88 years, who died on 20/12/2022

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- Total number of deaths with COVID-19 as the final cause of death: 1.255.

- 73 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in the hospitals of OCYP

- 11 in serious condition (ICU: 0 off ventilator/3 intubated, NICU: 8)

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

Diagnostic tests:

- A total of 67,962 diagnostic tests

- A total of 2,947 new cases were identified (total cases 628.509)

- Positivity rate in all tests 4.34%

Total number of molecular tests (PCR): [/B]

- Performed 1.985 molecular tests

- 211 positive cases

- Positivity rate 10.63%

Total number of rapid antigen detection tests (RapidTest):

- 65,977 rapid antigen detection tests performed

- 2,736 positive cases

- Positivity rate 4.15%

Private initiative:

- 1,516 molecular tests performed, 133 positive cases identified (positivity rate 8.77%)

- 42,779 rapid antigen detection tests performed, 2.515 positive cases (positivity rate 5.88%)

23,198[/B] rapid antigen detection tests were performed through the Ministry of Health programmes. 221 221 positive cases were detected.

- Sampling points: 14.436 rapid detection tests detected 154 positive cases (positivity rate 1.07%)

Education

- Primary education: 573 rapid antigen detection tests, positive cases identified (positivity rate 0%)

- Secondary Education: 1.141 rapid screening tests identified 6 positive cases (positivity rate 0.53%)

Other

- Welfare homes: 4.962 rapid antigen detection tests, 51 positive cases detected (positivity rate 1.03%)

- Closed facilities: 2,086 rapid antigen detection tests performed; 10new cases detected (positivity rate 0.48%)

- Closed facilities: 2,086 rapid antigen detection tests performed; 10new cases detected (positivity rate 0.48%).

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