The Ministry of Health announces that today, 2 January 2022:
- 1 person died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 639.
- 203 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 84 are in serious condition. A proportion of 83.26% 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 91,482 tests have been performed to detect the disease by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 3,538 (positivity rate: 3.87% new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 172,697.
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 woman, aged 85 years, who died on 2 January at Larnaca General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 639, of which:
- 405 males (63.4%), and
- 234 females (36.6%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 76 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 203 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 84 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 84 patients in serious condition, 33 are intubated, 5 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit outside of a ventilator and 46 are 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
(42 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]34
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TR] [TD]Lefkosia
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR](20 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]13
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]7
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Limassol
(50 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]25
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]25
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]25
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
(19 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]15
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(17 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Increased Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]15
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(17 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]17
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
(38 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]33
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off ventilator
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TR] \N
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):
Of the 91,482 diagnoses performed, 7,912 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 83,570 by the antigen rapid test method, 3538 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 68 cases from 456 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 58 cases from 3,915 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 362 cases out of 3,198 samples taken through private initiative.
- 22 cases out of 291 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1816 cases from 45,456 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 1209 cases from 38,114 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 3 cases from 52 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 | Number of tests | Number of positives |
| Nicosia | 15,715 | 629 |
| Limassol | 5,242 | 163 |
|
Larnaca |
[TD]
7,076
[/TD] [TD]161
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Paphos
[/TD] [TD]4,325
[/TD] [TD]121
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]3,018
[/TD] [TD]66
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Old People's Homes
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]232
[/TD] [TD] [TD]20
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]67
[/TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]22
[/TD] [TD]22
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Closed Structures
[/TD] [TD]2417
[/TD] [TD]46
[/TD] [/TR] \N
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