The Ministry of Health announces that today, 1 January 2022:
- No patient deaths with COVID-19 as the final cause of death were recorded, and therefore the total number of deaths remains 638.
- 187 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 82 are in serious condition. A proportion of 85.03% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 16 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 38,977 molecular (PCR) and antigen rapid tests have been performed.
- 2,332 (positivity rate: 5.98%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 169,159.
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 638, of which:
- 405 males (63.5%), and
- 233 females (36.5%).
The average age of deaths from the disease is 76 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 187 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 82 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 82 patients in serious condition, 32 are intubated, 4 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) off ventilator and 46 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
(38 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]30
[/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
(46 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]25
[/TD] [/TR] [/TD] [TD]25
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
(21 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(13 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]11
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(17 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]17
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
(36 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]32
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off Ventilator
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 38,977 diagnoses performed, 8,525 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 30,452 by the antigen rapid test method, 2332 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 57 cases from 4,674 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 388 cases out of 3,615 samples taken through private initiative.
- 21 cases out of 236 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1008 cases from 14,473 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 858 cases out of 15,979 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
In detail, the antigen rapid test tests through the Ministry of Health's programme were carried out today as follows:
| District / Sector | Number of tests | Number of positive tests |
| Nicosia | 7,247 | 466 |
|
Limassol |
[TD]
2,756
[/TD] [TD]136
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]3,388
[/TD] [TD]132
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Paphos
[/TD] [TD]1,155
[/TD] [TD]73
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]1,433
[/TD] [TD]51
[/TD] [/TR]
(AΦ)
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