The Ministry of Health announces that today, 12 January 2022:
- 4 people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 669.
- 266 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, 93 of whom are in serious condition. A proportion of 76.32% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 16 post-COVID patients who have ceased to be infectious (declassified cases) continue to be hospitalized intubated in serious condition due to COVID in an ICU.
- A total of 112,233 tests have been performed to detect the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 3,197 (positivity rate: 2.85%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 215,271.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 4 persons who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 were:
- Female, aged 68 years, who died on 9 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Limassol General Hospital.
- Female, aged 81, who died on 11 January at Paphos General Hospital.
- Male, aged 87, who died on 12 January at Limassol General Hospital.
- Male, aged 87, who died on 12 January at Limassol General Hospital.
- A man, aged 57, who died on 12 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
Consequently, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 669, of which:
- 419 males (62.6%), and
- 250 females (37.4%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 266 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 93 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 93 patients in serious condition, 28 are intubated, 4 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit outside of a ventilator and 61 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
(67 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]54
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]13
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TR] [TD]Lefkosia
[/TD] [TD]13
[/TD] [/TR] [TR](34 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]25
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]9
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Limassol
(59 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]38
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [/TR] [/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
(26 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(34 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD] [TD]13
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(14 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
(32 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]28
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off ventilator
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 112,233 diagnoses performed, 9,558 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 102,675 by the antigen rapid test method, 3197 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 317 cases from 2,489 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 43 cases out of 1,681 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 355 cases out of 4,843 samples taken through private initiative.
- 26 cases out of 381 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1,352 cases from 56,091 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 1,097 cases out of 46,584 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 7 cases from 164 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]14,196
[/TD] [TD]412
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]5,685
[/TD] [TD]150
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]5,985
[/TD] [TD]170
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]2,827
[/TD] [TD]87
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]2,682
[/TD] [TD]63
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Old People's Homes
[/TD] [TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]553
[/TD] [TD]6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [/TD] [TD] [TD]291
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Paphos
[/TD] [TD]299
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Secondary Education
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]4,663
[/TD] [TD]45
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]3,259
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]2,297
[/TD] [TD]10
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]1,534
[/TD] [TD]18
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]818
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Closed Structures
[/TD] [TD]187
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Tracing
[/TD] [TD]1,308
[/TD] [TD]117
[/TD] [/TR]
The numbers provided 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.
(AF)
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