CYPRUS: One death and 431 new cases - All information

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

- A person has died from the disease COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 236.

- 185 patients COVID-19 36 of whom are in serious condition.

- A total of 43,177 disease detection tests have been performed by the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid detection method (antigen rapid test).

- 431 (positivity rate: 1%) 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 38,496.

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, 81 years old, with underlying diseases, who ended up today at the Limassol General Hospital.

Therefore, the total number of deaths with the ultimate cause of the disease COVID-19 amounts to 236, of which:

156 men (66%), and

- 80 women (34%).

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

B. Patients:

In total, 185 patients of the disease are treated in the hospitals of OKYPY COVID-19, of which 36 in serious condition or in MAF conditions.

Of the 36 patients who are critical, 16 are intubated, four are admitted to an intravenous intensive care unit and 16 to an intensive care unit.

The situation in the hospitals is as follows:

Hospital	Chamber	Number of Patients
Famagusta (70 patients)	COVID chamber	64
	Intensive Care Unit	6
Nicosia (47 patients)	Intensive Care Unit	20 (4 out of ventilator)
	COVID chamber	24
	Intensive Care Unit	3
Λεμεσού (63 patients)	COVID chamber	56
	Intensive Care Unit	7
Blessed (5 patients)	COVID chamber	5

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

Of the 43,177 laboratory diagnoses performed today, 2,940 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 40,237 by the antigen rapid test, 431 cases of the disease were identified. COVID-19, which emerged as follows:

• 128 cases from 814 samples obtained through the process of tracking close contact (primary contacts) cases.
• 2 cases of 364 samples taken as part of a passenger check at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
• 64 cases from 1,419 samples taken through private initiative.
• 8 cases from 222 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
• 1 case from 121 samples taken under the program of referrals by Personal Physicians and control of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.
• 16 cases from 391 samples examined by the method of antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories.
• 212 cases from 39,846 samples examined by the method of antigen rapid test through the program of the Ministry of Health.

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

Province / Sector		Test number	Number of positives	Percentage of positivity
Nicosia		10,910	37	0,34%
Limassol		8,579	142	1,66%
Larnaca		4,776	9	0,19%
Paphos		2,540	7	0,28%
Famagusta		1,306	4	0,31%
Retirement Homes	Nicosia	269	1
	Larnaca	30	0
	Limassol	380	0
Agios Athanasios Industrial Area		998	4
Mesogi Industrial Area		213	0
National Guard		516	2
Education		9,093	6	0,07%
Special schools		236	0