The Ministry of Health announces that today, 31 January 2022:
- 2 deaths were announced from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 733.
- 204 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 65 are in serious condition. A proportion of 76.36% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 20 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 137,680 PCR and antigen rapid tests have been performed.
- 3,396 (positivity rate: 2.47%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 256,746.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 2 deaths announced with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 relate to.
- Female, 77 years old, who died on 31 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia.
Consequently, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 733, of which:
- 458 males (62.5%), and
- 275 females (37.5%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 76.3 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 204 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 65 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 65 patients in serious condition, 31 are intubated, 4 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit outside of a ventilator and 30 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
(50 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]40
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]10
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TR] [TD]Lefkosia
[/TD] [TD]10
[/TD] [/TR] [TR](26 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Limassol
(37 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]29
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
(21 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]17
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(19 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(16 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
[TD]Intensive Care Units[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Intensive Care Units
(35 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]31
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off Ventilator
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 137,680 diagnoses performed, 7,025 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 130,655 by the antigen rapid test method, 3,396 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 38 cases from 247 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 54 cases out of 3,911 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 307 cases out of 2,275 samples taken through private initiative.
- 42 cases out of 334 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1,853 cases from 68,222 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 1,096 cases out of 62,433 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 6 cases from 258 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:
| District / Sector |
[TD]
Number of tests
[/TD] [TD]Number of positive tests
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]9,033
[/TD] [TD]197
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]4,295
[/TD] [TD]134
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]3,120
[/TD] [TD]115
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]2,031
[/TD] [TD]98
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]1,242
[/TD] [TD]46
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Old People's Homes
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]810
[/TD] [TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]435
[/TD] [TD]26
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]137
[/TD] [TD]137
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]165
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]56
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Primary Education
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]7,593
[/TD] [TD]40
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]6,283
[/TD] [TD]58
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]3,347
[/TD] [TD]31
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]2,306
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]1,046
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Secondary Education
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]4,257
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]3,175
[/TD] [TD]35
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]2,040
[/TD] [TD]17
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]1,454
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]777
[/TD] [TD]6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Closed Structures
[/TD] [TD]363
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Tracking
[/TD] [TD]1,174
[/TD] [TD]112
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Special Schools
[/TD] [TD]576
[/TD] [TD]4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Test to Stay
[/TD] [TD]5,226
[/TD] [TD]74
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Government Services
[/TD] [TD]1,281
[/TD] [TD]6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Industrial sites
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]211
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR]
The numbers given in the announcement are indicative and may 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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