The Ministry of Health announces that today, 9 January 2022:
- 4 people died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 657.
- 251 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 91 are in serious condition. A proportion of 75.3% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 17 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 139,709 molecular (PCR) and antigen rapid tests have been performed.
- 3,012 (positivity rate: 2.16%) new cases of COVID-19 have been detected by the PCR and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 204,372.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 4 persons who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 were:
- Male, aged 67 years, who died on 8 January in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
- Female, aged 53, who died on 8 January at Larnaca General Hospital.
- Female, aged 78, who died on 8 January at Nicosia General Hospital.
- Female, aged 78, who died on 8 January at Nicosia General Hospital.
- Female, aged 86 years, who died on 9 January at Limassol General Hospital.
Consequently, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 657*, of which:
- 413 males (62.9%), and
- 244 females (37.1%).
The average age of those dying from the disease is 75.9 years.
*Inadvertently, 4 deaths were reported in the 8 January bulletin, while one death involved a correction. Therefore the total of 657 deaths today is correct.
B. Inpatients:
In total, 251 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized in the inpatient units of the OCHS, of which 91 are in serious condition or in NICU conditions.
Of the 91 patients in serious condition, 29 are intubated, 3 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) off ventilator and 59 are in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is as follows:
|
Hospital |
[TD]
Ward
[/TD] [TD]Number of Patients
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Famagusta
(59 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]49
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]10
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nicosia
[/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
(57 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID Ward
[/TD] [TD]31
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]26
[/TD] [/TR] [/TD] [TD]26
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
(20 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]15
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enhanced Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Larnaca
(34 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intensive Care Unit
[/TD] [TD]24
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD] [TD]10
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Makarios
(17 patients)
[/TD] [TD]COVID ward
[/TD] [TD]17
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Intensive Care Units
(32 patients)
[/TD] [TD]Intubated
[/TD] [TD]29
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Off ventilator
[/TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [/TR]
C. Positive cases COVID-19 (PCR test and antigen rapid test):
Of the 139,709 diagnoses performed, 8,701 were performed by the molecular method (PCR) and 131,008 by the antigen rapid test, 3,012 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting in the following:
- 69 cases from 548 samples obtained through the contact tracing procedure of already confirmed cases.
- 97 cases out of 4,421 samples taken during passenger screening at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 292 cases out of 3,199 samples taken through private initiative.
- 41 cases out of 406 samples taken by the Microbiological Laboratories of General Hospitals.
- 1,071 cases from 52,982 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 1,437 cases out of 78,026 samples tested by the antigen rapid test through the Ministry of Health programme.
- 5 cases from 127 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]32,651
[/TD] [TD]654
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]16,682
[/TD] [TD]282
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Larnaca
[/TD] [TD]12,585
[/TD] [TD]236
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Paphos
[/TD] [TD]9,209
[/TD] [TD]181
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Famagusta
[/TD] [TD]4,159
[/TD] [TD]57
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Old People's Homes
[/TD] [TD]Nicosia
[/TD] [TD] [TD]233
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [TD]45
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Closed Structures
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]2462
[/TD] [TD]26
[/TD] [/TR]
(AF)
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