The Ministry of Health announces that today, 7 January 2022:
- No patient deaths with COVID-19 as the final cause of death were recorded, and therefore the total number of deaths remains 650.
- 230 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 81 are in serious condition. A proportion of 77.83% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 18 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 139,334 molecular (PCR) and antigen rapid tests have been performed.
- 5,244 (positivity rate: 3.76%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 197,401.
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 650, of which:
- 411 males (63.2%), and
- 239 females (36.8%).
The average age of those who died from the disease is 76 years.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 230 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the hospitals of the OCYPY, of which 81 are in serious condition or in PICU.
Of the 81 patients in serious condition, 28 are intubated, 5 are hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit outside of a ventilator and 48 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
(43 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]34
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]9
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TR] [TD]Nicosia ward[/TD] [/TR]
(32 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]24
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Limassol
(58 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]44
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
(21 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]7
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(26 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Increased Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]10
[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Makarios
(16 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
(33 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]28
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off ventilator
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TR]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):
Of the 139,334 diagnoses made, 13,007 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 126,327 by the antigen rapid test method, 5244 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 138 cases from 1,030 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 55 cases out of 4,036 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 748 cases out of 7,220 samples taken through private initiative.
- 62 cases out of 615 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 3,011 cases from 88,689 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 1,222 cases out of 37,638 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 7 cases from 104 samples taken under the programme of referrals by Personal Physicians and screening of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.
- 1 case from 2 samples taken in the framework of controls in closed facilities.
In detail, rapid tests through the Ministry of Health's rapid test programme were carried out today as follows:
| Province / Sector |
[TD]
Number of tests
[/TD] [TD]Number of positives
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]16,379
[/TD] [TD]577
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]7,660
[/TD] [TD]254
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]6,110
[/TD] [TD]151
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]3,755
[/TD] [TD]141
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]1,942
[/TD] [TD]67
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Old People's Homes
[/TD] [TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD]423
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Limassol
[/TD] [TD]469
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]46
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]55
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Closed Structures
[/TD] [TD]390
[/TD] [TD]18
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Special Schools
[/TD] [TD]409
[/TD] [TD]409[/TD] [/TD] [TD]
0
[/TD] [/TR]
(AF)
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