CYPRUS: 5 deaths and 116 new cases - All information

The Ministry of Health announces that today, February 4, 2021:

- Five people have died from the disease COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 208.

- 112 patients COVID-19 31 of whom are in serious condition.

- A total of 28,405 disease detection tests have been performed by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid detection method (antigen rapid test).

- 116 (positivity rate: 0,41%) new cases of the disease COVID-19 detected by molecular tests (PCR) and antigen rapid test (antigen rapid test), raising the total number of cases at 31,379.

The current results are detailed.

A. Deaths from the disease COVID-19:

The five people who died with the ultimate cause of death being attributed to the disease COVID-19, relate to:

- Man, 81 years old, with underlying disease, who ended up in the General Hospital of Nicosia.

- Man, aged 73, with underlying diseases, who ended up in the Intensive Care Unit of the General Hospital of Nicosia.

- Man, aged 86, with underlying diseases, who ended up in the Intensive Care Unit of the General Hospital of Nicosia.

- A 71-year-old man with an underlying disease, who ended up in the Intensive Care Unit of the Nicosia General Hospital.

- A woman, 84 years old, with underlying diseases, who ended up in the General Hospital of Nicosia.

Therefore, the total number of deaths with the ultimate cause of the disease COVID-19 amounts to 208, of which:

140 men (67%), and

- 68 women (33%).

The average age of those who die from the disease is 79 years.

B. Patients:

In total, 112 patients of the disease are treated in the hospitals of OKYPY COVID-19, of which 31 in serious condition or in MAF conditions.

Of the 31 patients who are critical, 19 are intubated, three are admitted to an intravenous intensive care unit and 9 to an intensive care unit.

The situation in the hospitals is as follows:

Hospital	Chamber	Number of Patients
Famagusta (31 patients)	Intensive Care Unit	4
	COVID chamber	27
Nicosia (41 patients)	Intensive Care Unit	22 (3 out of ventilator)
	COVID chamber	17
	Intensive Care Unit	2
Λεμεσού (38 patients)	COVID chamber	35
	Intensive Care Unit	3
Blessed (2 patients)	COVID chamber	2

C. Positive incidents Covid-19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):

Of the 28,405 laboratory diagnoses performed today, 1,592 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 26,813 by the antigen rapid test, 116 cases of the disease were identified. COVID-19, which emerged as follows:

• 26 cases from 276 samples taken through the process of tracking contacts of already confirmed cases.
• 14 cases from 612 samples taken through private initiative.
• 4 cases from 305 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
• 1 case from 109 samples taken under the program of referrals by Personal Physicians and control of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.
• 71 cases from 26,813 samples tested by the antigen rapid test method.

In addition, the following laboratory tests were performed without detecting a case:

• 249 samples taken as part of a passenger check at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
• 41 samples taken as part of the re - inspection carried out on 7^η day after the arrival of persons who have returned from the United Kingdom and are under mandatory restriction in hotels in the Republic.

In detail, the rapid antigen test (rapid test) was performed today as follows:

Province	Sampling points	Test number		Number of positives
Limassol	14 points	7,425		45
	Positiveness rate:	0,61%
Larnaca	12 points	3,773		7
	Positiveness rate:	0,19%
Nicosia	15 points	10,847		10
	Positiveness rate:	0,09%
Paphos	6 points	2,243		3
	Positiveness rate:	0,13%
Famagusta	7 points	1,296		3
	Positiveness rate:	0,23%
Retirement Homes	Nicosia	326	0
	Limassol	157	1
	Larnaca	121	0
	Paphos	115	0
National Guard	Pancyprian	166	0
Industrial Areas	Agios Athanasios	141	2
Special schools	Pancyprian	203