The Ministry of Health announces that today, January 3 2022:
- 2 people died from the disease COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 641.
- 201 patients COVID-19 of which 75 are in serious condition. 81.1% of patients do not have a history of vaccination.
- 16post-COVID patients who have ceased to be infectious (declassified cases), continue to be hospitalized in intubated condition due to COVID in an Intensive Care Unit.
- A total of 164,358 disease detection tests have been performed by the molecular method (PCR) and the rapid antigen detection method (antigenrapidtest).
- 5,024 (positivity rate: 3,06%) new cases of the disease COVID-19 detected by molecular tests (PCR) and rapid antigen detection tests (antigenrapidtest), raising the total number of cases in 177,721.
The current results are detailed.
A. Deaths from the disease COVID-19:
The 2 people who died with the ultimate cause of death being attributed to the disease COVID-19, relate to:
- An 84-year-old man who died on January 2 at the Limassol General Hospital.
- A 62-year-old man, who ended up on January 3 in the Intensive Care Unit of the Nicosia General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with the ultimate cause of the disease COVID-19 amounts to 641, of which:
407 men (63,5%), and
- 234 women (36,5%).
The average age of those who die from the disease is 76 years.
B. Patients:
In total, 201 patients of the disease are treated in the hospitals of OKYPY COVID-19, of which 75 in serious condition or in MAF conditions.
Of the 75 patients in serious condition, 32 are intubated, 4 are admitted to an intravenous intensive care unit and 39 to an intensive care unit.
The situation in the hospitals is as follows:
| Hospital | Chamber | Number of Patients |
| Famagusta
(42 patients) |
COVID chamber | 34 |
| Intensive Care Unit | 8 | |
| Nicosia
(17 patients) |
COVID chamber | 10 |
| Intensive Care Unit | 7 | |
| Λεμεσού
(44 patients) |
COVID chamber | 27 |
| Intensive Care Unit | 17 | |
| Paphos
(22 patients) |
COVID chamber | 18 |
| Intensive Care Unit | 4 | |
| Larnaca
(21 patients) |
Intensive Care Unit | 18 |
| COVID chamber | 3 | |
| Blessed
(19 patients) |
COVID chamber | 19 |
| Intensive Care Units
(36 patients) |
Intubated | 32 |
| Except for a respirator | 4 |
C. Positive incidents Covid-19 (PCRtest and rapidtest antigen):
Of the 164,358 diagnoses made, 13,840 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 150,518 by the rapid antigen detection method (antigenrapidtest), 5024 cases of the disease were identified. COVID-19, which emerged as follows:
- 141 cases from 1,084 samples taken through the process of tracking contacts of already confirmed cases.
- 193 cases from 6,429 samples taken as part of a passenger check at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 434 cases from 5,656 samples taken through private initiative.
- 69 cases from 552 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
- 3169 cases from 112,903 samples tested by the method of rapid antigen detection (antigenrapidtest) in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 1,017 cases from 37,615 samples examined by the method of rapid antigen detection (antigenrapidtest) through the program of the Ministry of Health.
- 1 case from 119 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 tests (rapid test) through the program of the Ministry of Health were carried out today as follows:
| Province / Sector | Test number | Number of positives | |
| Nicosia | 15,828 | 466 | |
| Limassol | 7,188 | 247 | |
| Larnaca | 6,525 | 153 | |
| Paphos | 3,494 | 87 | |
| Famagusta | 2,768 | 51 | |
| Retirement Homes | Nicosia | 565 | 4 |
| Limassol | 424 | 0 | |
| Larnaca | 175 | 4 | |
| Paphos | 318 | 0 | |
| Famagusta | 108 | 1 | |