Filenews 6 July 2021
The Ministry of Health announces that today, July 5, 2021, one person has lost his life to a coronavirus, while 787 are the new positive cases.
specifically:
- One person has died of COVID-19 disease, bringing the total number of deaths to 380.
- 88 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 23 are in serious condition.
- A total of 43,678 disease detection tests have been carried out using the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 787 (positivity rate: 1.80%) new cases of COVID-19 disease have been identified by molecular tests (PCRs) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 78,809.
Here are today's results in detail.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
One person who has died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19 concerns:
- Woman, aged 69, who ended up in American Medical Center after being transferred from the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital. The patient was no longer an active COVID-19 incident (the 21 days had passed when an incident was considered active), hence she was transferred to the private hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with the final cause of COVID-19 is 380, of which:
- 254 men (67%), and
- 126 women (33%).
The average age of the deceased from the disease is 77.3 years.
B. Hospitalized:
A total of 88 patients with COVID-19 disease are hospitalized in THE HOSPITALS, 23 of whom are in serious condition or in MAF conditions.
Of the 23 patients in serious condition, nine are intubated, four are hospitalized in an Off-Respirator Intensive Care Unit and 10 are in an Increased Care Unit.
In detail the situation in the hospitals is as follows:
C. Positive events COVID-19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):
Of the 43,678 diagnoses currently carried out, 6,613 were made using the molecular method (PCR) and 37,065 using the antigen rapid test, 787 cases of COVID-19 disease were identified, resulting as follows:
- 28 cases from 501 samples taken through the process of tracing contacts of already confirmed cases.
- 6 cases from 3,397 samples taken as part of a passenger check at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
- 99 cases from 2,364 samples taken through a private initiative.
- 37 cases from 344 samples taken from the Microbiological Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
- 2 cases from 7 samples taken under the referral program by Personal Physicians and special teams control through public health clinics.
- 32 cases from 621 samples examined using the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 583 cases from 36,444 samples examined using the antigen rapid test.
In detail, the rapid antigen detection tests were carried out today as follows:
