CYPRUS: Two deaths and 374 new cases - All information

The Ministry of Health announces that today, March 14, 2021:

- Two people have died from the disease COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 240.

- 205 patients COVID-19 37 of whom are in serious condition.

- A total of 41,269 disease detection tests have been performed by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid detection method (antigen rapid test).

- 374 (positivity rate: 0,91%) 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 39,651.

The current results are detailed.

A. Deaths from the disease COVID-19:

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

- A 49-year-old man with an underlying disease, who ended up today at the Limassol General Hospital.

- A woman, 88 years old, without reporting underlying diseases in the Medical Certificate of Causes of Death, which ended today at Larnaca General Hospital.

Therefore, the total number of deaths with the ultimate cause of the disease COVID-19 amounts to 240, of which:

159 men (66%), and

- 81 women (34%).

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

B. Patients:

In total, 205 patients of the disease are treated in the hospitals of OKYPY COVID-19, of which 37 in serious condition or in MAF conditions.

Of the 37 patients who are critical, 19 are intubated, five are admitted to an intravenous intensive care unit and 13 to an intensive care unit.

The situation in the hospitals is as follows:

Hospital	Chamber	Number of Patients
Famagusta (69 patients)	COVID chamber	66
	Intensive Care Unit	3
Nicosia (53 patients)	Intensive Care Unit	24 (5 out of ventilator)
	COVID chamber	25
	Intensive Care Unit	4
Λεμεσού (65 patients)	COVID chamber	59
	Intensive Care Unit	6
Larnaca (13 patients)	COVID chamber	13
Blessed (5 patients)	COVID chamber	5

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

Of the 41,269 laboratory diagnoses performed today, 2,327 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 38,942 by the antigen rapid test, 374 cases of the disease were identified. COVID-19, which emerged as follows:

• 105 cases from 747 samples obtained through the process of tracking close contact (primary contacts) cases.
• 3 cases of 3 samples taken as part of a passenger check at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
• 43 cases from 1,155 samples taken through private initiative.
• 3 cases from 214 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
• 6 cases from 175 samples examined by the method of antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories.
• 214 cases from 38,767 samples examined by the method of antigen rapid test through the program of the Ministry of Health.

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

• 208 samples taken under the program of referrals by Personal Physicians and control of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.

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

Province / Sector		Test number	Number of positives	Percentage of positivity
Nicosia		15,520	40	0,26%
Limassol		11,403	141	1,24%
Larnaca		6,138	9	0,15%
Paphos		3,797	14	0,37%
Famagusta		1,835	7	0,38%
Retirement Homes	Nicosia	45	3
	Limassol	29	0