People are hiding behind the numbers. Next door, our family who were "struck" by the virus, in this fierce new wave of the pandemic. The Omicron mutation is spreading like wildfire both in Cyprus and in the rest of the world.
Restrictive measures continue to accompany our daily lives, which for many has been overturned again despite the restrictions that apply. Many of our fellow human beings have been in quarantine for days now after being identified as positive and many others who are close contacts also remain in partial restraint.
This January may not be like last year, where he found us in a lockdown for a period of about 3 weeks, but it does not matter much if one takes into account that many are in a "peculiar" lockdown either due to teleworking or quarantine. The whole equation, however, does not lack the cases of concealment of close contacts as well as failure to follow the instructions provided for testing.
The indicators may show a partial decrease, but the daily cases and much more the positivity index and the hospitalizations do not allow complacency.
Some epidemiologists have even suggested that we have not yet seen a 100% prevalence of Omicron, so it is too early to make estimates for de-escalation or even for the easing of restrictions.
This week will also reflect the situation in the schools which, despite the voices and protests, opened and like the rest of society, they also record daily cases.
From December 27 until yesterday, January 16, Cyprus records four-digit numbers in the daily epidemiological bulletin. The record of loss of human lives is also black, since 53 deaths were recorded during this period. During this period, about 75 thousand cases were recorded (74968 specifically). These individuals were quarantined and with them hundreds of other people who were in close contact. This number changes daily, but remains at high levels as hundreds of new cases are detected daily.
The positivity index has decreased but has not fallen below 2%.
270 of our fellow human beings are being treated in state hospitals, a number that in no way inspires optimism at a time when many of these 270 people are fighting for their lives in the Intensive Care Units.
December 27
2 deaths 1925 cases positivity rate: 1,59% 121,127 tests
December 28
2241 cases positivity rate: 2,29% 98,047 tests
December 29
5 deaths 3002 cases positivity rate: 2,52% 118,894 tests
December 30
1 death 3851 cases positivity rate: 3,36% 114,743 tests
31 December
1 death 5048 cases positivity rate: 2,98% 169,476 tests
January 1
2332 cases positivity rate: 5,98% 38,977 38,977 tests
January 2
1 death 3538 cases positivity rate: 3,87% 91,482 tests
January 3
2 deaths 5024 cases positivity rate: 3.06% 164,358 tests
January 4
5 deaths 5457 cases positivity rate: 4,44% 122,801 tests
January 5
4 deaths 5202 cases positivity rate: 4% 130,076 tests
January 6
3777 cases positivity rate: 4,89% 77,255 tests
January 7
5244 cases positivity rate: 3,76% 139,334 tests
January 8
4 deaths 3959 cases positivity rate: 2.6% 152,238 tests
January 9
4 deaths 3012 cases positivity rate: 2,16% 139,709 tests
January 10
4 deaths 4187 cases positivity rate: 3,05% 137,091 tests
January 11
4 deaths 3515 cases positivity rate: 3,34% 105,376 tests
January 12
4 deaths 3197 cases positivity rate: 2,85% 112,233 tests
January 13
3 deaths 3,103 cases positivity rate: 2,54% 122,016 tests
January 14
3042 cases positivity rate: 2,49% 122,217 tests
January 15
3 deaths 2351 cases positivity rate: 2,46% 95,740 tests
January 16
6 deaths 1971 cases (positivity rate: 2,07%) 95,005 tests
Total: 74968