Filenews 7 December 2020 - by Marilena Panagi
With this week's data causing a great deal of anxiety for the follow-up, the Ministry of Health and scientists are starting to evaluate the epidemiological data today in order to prepare their recommendations, which will probably be put before the Cabinet at the end of the week.
Yesterday ended with two more deaths of elderly people and 270 new cases, which resulted in just 2,090 laboratory tests, meaning that one in eight samples tested tested positive for the virus. 202 positive results were also announced from rapid antigen detection tests, with 70 of them coming from 1,117 tests carried out in larnaca province.
Last week's data causes great concern. 13 deaths were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths with the final cause of coronavirus to 61, while from Sunday 29 November until yesterday the Ministry of Health announced 2,220 confirmed cases.
As of today, the Ministry of Health will begin analysing the data recorded in the previous days, and it is not excluded, even today, that members of the Advisory Committee have a re-meeting with the Minister of Health in order to make an initial assessment of the situation.
The government's task, as difficult as ever, since the epidemiological data do not even stabilise the situation and on the scale, apart from the pandemic and the economy, is now entering the festive season.
In any case, however, the Government must take its decisions before the end of the week, since the decree now in force expires on 13 December and if the results of the past week are taken into account, the Council of Ministers, which is expected to meet on Friday, will probably have to revise its previous decisions, which provided for a partial relaxation of the measures from the 14th of the month.
Of course, the situation is fluid, since scientists will probably ask for more time to finalise their contributions, as since the entry into force of the existing restrictions and prohibitions only one week has passed and the Government will therefore prefer to spend a few more days in order to determine whether the measures implemented on a cyprus basis have given any positive results.
The main scenarios are three:
- Implementation of government decisions and relaxation of measures from 14 December
- Extension of the existing decree for a few more days
- Tightening of measures
The focus, of course, is on the days of Christmas and New Year, for which the Government has announced additional relaxes ten days ago, subject to the reassessment of the situation.
Two deaths, 18 people in critical condition - A total of 121 patients in hospitals
The pandemic death list is growing. Yesterday, two more deaths were announced, involving a man, aged 72, who was being treated in the Intensive Care Unit of the Nicosia General Hospital and a woman, aged 86, who was being treated at Famagusta General Hospital after being transferred from the Multi-Purpose Centre of Peristeron.
By yesterday afternoon, 18 patients with coronavirus were hospitalized in critical condition, while the total number of patients was 121.
In the Intensive Care Unit of the Nicosia Hospital, 12 patients were hospitalized
In the Increased Care Unit of Famagusta Hospital, 6 patients were hospitalized
In a ward at the Nicosia Hospital were 11 patients
61 patients were treated in a ward at Famagusta Hospital.
23 patients were hospitalized at the Limassol Hospital
At the hospital of Athalassa, 5 patients
Three patients were hospitalized at The Makario Hospital.
Yesterday a total of 5,828 rapid antigen detection tests were carried out, resulting in 202 positive results.
In the province of Nicosia a total of 102 positive results were detected: 38 from the sampling in the area of Egomi, 28 from the checks in strovolos area, 14 from the sampling in Freedom Square, 13 from the Palluriotissa area and 9 from the checks carried out in the Psimolou Community.
In Limassol province, 12 positive results were recorded. 7 in the area of Polemidi, 4 in the area of Mesa Neighbourhood and 1 of the sampling carried out at the site of the old hospital.
A total of 70 positive results were detected in the province of Larnaca, 35 of which were sampled in the Municipality of Aradippou and the remaining 35 by checks carried out in the city centre of Larnaca.
In Paphos province, 5 positive results were found from checks carried out in the city centre.
In Famagusta, 13 positive results were recorded from audits carried out in the Municipality of Paralimni.
