CYPRUS: A 57-year-old woman lost the battle - 170 new cases were announced

The Ministry of Health announces that today, October 11, 2021:

- One person died of the disease COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 559.

- 58 patients COVID-19 of which 22 are in serious condition. 62,07% of patients do not have a history of vaccination.

- 10 post-COVID patients who have ceased to be infectious (declassified cases), continue to be treated intubated in a serious condition due to COVID in Intensive Care Units.

- A total of 64,004 disease detection tests have been performed by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid detection method (antigen rapid test).

- 170 (positivity rate: 0,27%) 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 121,534.

The current results are detailed.

A. Deaths from the disease COVID-19:

The one person who died with the ultimate cause of death being attributed to the disease COVID-19, it's about

- A woman, 57 years old, who ended up on October 8 in the Intensive Care Unit of the Limassol General Hospital.

Therefore, the total number of deaths with the ultimate cause of the disease COVID-19 amounts to 559, of which:

354 men (63%), and

- 205 women (37%).

The average age of those who die from the disease is 76,2 years.

B. Patients:

In total, 58 patients of the disease are treated in the hospitals of OKYPY COVID-19, of which 22 in serious condition or in MAF conditions.

Of the 22 patients who are in serious condition, 10 are intubated, one is treated in an intravenous intensive care unit and 11 in an intensive care unit.

The situation in the hospitals is as follows:

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

Of the 64,004 diagnoses made, 5,843 were made by molecular method (PCR) and 58,161 by the method of antigen rapid test, 170 cases of the disease were identified. COVID-19, which emerged as follows:

• 17 cases from 309 samples taken through the process of tracking contacts of already confirmed cases.
• 6 cases of 3,246 samples taken as part of a passenger check at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
• 38 cases from 1,730 samples taken through private initiative.
• 6 cases from 229 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
• 1 case from 329 samples taken under the program of referrals by Personal Physicians and control of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.
• 73 cases from 36,892 samples tested by the antigen rapid test method in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
• 29 cases from 21,269 samples examined by the method of antigen rapid test through the program of the Ministry of Health.

In detail, the rapid antigen tests (rapid test) through the program of the Ministry of Health were carried out today as follows: