The Ministry of Health announces that today, 15 January 2022:
- 1 person died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 673.
- 270 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 88 are in serious condition. A proportion of 74.08% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 20 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 95,740 tests have been performed to detect the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 2,351 (positivity rate: 2.46%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 223,767.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 1 person who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 was:
- A male, aged 88 years, who died on 14 January at Limassol General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 673, of which:
- 423 males (62.9%), and
- 250 females (37.1%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 270 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 88 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 88 patients in serious condition, 28 are intubated, 4 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit outside of a ventilator and 56 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
(62 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]48
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TR] [TD]Lefkosia
[/TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR](37 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]28
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]9
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Limassol
(62 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]46
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
(31 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]22
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]9
[/TD] [TD]9
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(32 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]24
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(14 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
[TD]Intensive Care Units[/TD]
(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 rapid antigen test):
Of the 95,740 diagnoses performed, 9,371 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 86,369 by the antigen rapid test method, 2351 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 178 cases from 1,856 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 42 cases out of 2,641 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 377 cases out of 4,395 samples taken through private initiative.
- 34 cases out of 307 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 971 cases from 49,505 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 747 cases out of 36,864 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 2 cases from 172 specimens obtained 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]15,259
[/TD] [TD]260
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]7,027
[/TD] [TD]135
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]6,083
[/TD] [TD]96
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]3,346
[/TD] [TD]73
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]2,666
[/TD] [TD]38
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Old People's Homes
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]251
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]73
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Closed Structures
[/TD] [TD]144
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Tracking
[/TD] [TD]2015
[/TD] [TD]139
[/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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