The Ministry of Health announces that today, 8 February 2022:
- 7 deaths
- Related to:
- Male, aged 93 years, who died on 7 February.
- Male, aged 71, who died on 7 February.
- Male, aged 82, who died on 8 February.
- Male, aged 77, who died on 8 February.
- Male, aged 76, who died on 8 February.
- Male, aged 63, who died on 8 February.
- Male, aged 58, who died on 8 February.
- Total number of deaths with a terminal cause of COVID-19: 756.
- 206 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in OCHS hospitals
- 48 in serious condition (3 in ICU/19 intubated, 26 in PICU)
- Hospitalized with no history of vaccination: 69.91%
- 26 post-COVID patients who ceased to be infectious continue to be intubated due to COVID in an ICU.
Diagnostic tests:
- A total of 111.932 diagnostic tests
- 2,885 new cases were identified (total cases 277,864).
- Positivity rate in all tests 2.58%
Molecular tests (PCR):
- 6.245 molecular tests
- 485 positive cases
- Positivity rate 7.77%
Rapid antigen detection tests (RapidTest):
- 105.687 rapid antigen detection tests
- Resulted in 2.400 positive cases
- Positivity rate 2.27%
Tracing:
- 462 molecular tests were performed and 60 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 12.99%)
- 1.336 rapid antigen detection tests and detected 93 positive cases (positivity rate 6,96%)
Private initiative:
- Conducted 2.192 molecular tests, 326 positive cases detected (positivity rate 14.87%)
- 43,504 rapid antigen detection tests performed, 1.440 positive cases (positivity rate 3.31%)
Through the Ministry of Health programmes, 62,183 rapid antigen detection tests were performed. 960 positive cases were detected.
- Sampling points: 17,446 rapid detection tests detected 528 positive cases (positivity rate 3,03%)
Education
- Primary education: 20.307 rapid antigen detection tests, 133 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 0.65%)
- Secondary Education: 12.514 rapid detection tests detected 96 positive cases (positivity rate 0.77%)
- Test-to-Stay: 6.720 rapid antigen detection tests and 82 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 1.22%)
- Special Schools: 54 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and 0 positive cases were detected (positivity rate 0%)
Other
- Welfare homes: 1.147 rapid antigen detection tests, 22 positive cases detected (positivity rate 1.92%)
- Closed facilities: 1,720 rapid antigen detection tests performed; 3 new cases detected (positivity rate 0.17%)
- Closed facilities: 1,720 rapid antigen detection tests performed; 3 new cases detected (positivity rate 0.17%).
- Government services: 939 rapid antigen detection tests were performed and 3 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 0.32%)
Note:
The figures quoted 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.
The change in the way daily results are reported has a dual purpose.
On the one hand, it simplifies the way in which the results were announced every day, so that they can be more easily understood by media professionals and citizens On the other hand, no data have been removed from the announcement, apart from the analysis of the number of inpatients per hospital (which will now be given in total for all hospitals), which is not considered necessary as it does not provide essential data in relation to the course and monitoring of the pandemic.
On the other hand, the tests carried out are grouped by population category in order to draw more accurate conclusions from a scientific point of view.
For example, the weighting of the results and the positivity rate through the tracing process is different from the weighting of the results that are carried out every day and concern people who need a negative result for SafePass purposes.
In the same way, the positivity rate from the tests carried out in schools is of a different weighting from the other corresponding rates, since through this, a more correct monitoring of the situation in schools can be carried out.
On the basis of this weighting of the results and the positivity rate through the tracing process is different from the weighting of the results that are carried out every day and concern people who need a negative result for SafePass purposes.
[P IT IS STRESSED THAT FURTHER CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE MADE SUBSEQUENTLY AND DEPENDING ON THE DATA OBTAINED PER PHASE OF THE PANDEMIC.[/P](AF)
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