CYPRUS: One death and 146 new cases

The Ministry of Health announces that today, October 5, 2021:

- One person died of the disease COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 556.

- 61 patients COVID-19 of which 25 are in serious condition. 56,93% of patients do not have a history of vaccination.

- 11 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 53,610 disease detection tests have been performed by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid detection method (antigen rapid test).

- 146 (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 120,761.

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 75-year-old man, who ended up on October 4 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 556, of which:

353 men (63%), and

- 203 women (37%).

The average age of those who die from the disease is 76,4 years.

B. Patients:

In total, 61 patients of the disease are treated in the hospitals of OKYPY COVID-19, of which 25 in serious condition or in MAF conditions.

Of the 25 patients who are in serious condition, 13 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 53,610 diagnoses made, 5,209 were made by molecular method (PCR) and 48,401 by the method of antigen rapid test, 146 cases of the disease were identified. COVID-19, which emerged as follows:

• 23 cases from 213 samples taken through the process of tracking contacts of already confirmed cases.
• 7 cases of 2,278 samples taken as part of a passenger check at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
• 38 cases from 2,013 samples taken through private initiative.
• 5 cases from 498 samples received under the program of referrals by Personal Physicians and control of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.
• 5 cases from 204 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
• 48 cases from 28,349 samples tested by the antigen rapid test method in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
• 20 cases from 20,052 samples examined by the method of antigen rapid test through the program of the Ministry of Health.

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

• 3 samples taken in the context of control of closed structures.

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

(MKY)