Filenews 17 August 2021
The Ministry of Health announces that today, August 17, 2021:
- Three people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 464.
- 232 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 92 are in serious condition. 81.1% of hospitalized people have no history of vaccination.
- 14 post-COVID patients who have ceased to be infectious (declassified cases), continue to be hospitalized intubated in a serious condition due to COVID in Intensive Care Units.
- A total of 61,390 tests have been performed to detect the disease using the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 412 (positivity rate: 0.67%) new cases of COVID-19 were identified by molecular tests (PCR) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 109,665.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The three people who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19, concern:
- A woman, aged 81, who ended up on August 16th at the Limassol General Hospital.
- A woman, aged 71, who ended up on August 16th in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
- A woman, aged 92, who ended up on August 16th at Larnaka General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with a final cause of COVID-19 is 464, of which:
- 298 men (64%), and
- 166 women (36%).
The average age of those voted by the disease is 77 years.
B. Hospitalized:
In total, 232 covid-19 patients are hospitalized in the hospitals of the CySEC, of which 92 are in serious condition or in MAF conditions.
Of the 92 patients who are in serious condition, 51 are intubated, one is hospitalized in an Off-Ventilator Intensive Care Unit and 40 in an Increased Care Unit.
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is the following:
C. Positive cases of COVID-19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):
Of the 61,390 diagnoses performed today, 6,388 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 55,002 by the antigen rapid test, 412 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting as follows:
- 39 cases from 293 samples taken through the process of contact tracing of already confirmed cases.
- 10 cases from 2,992 samples taken in the context of passenger screening at Larnaka and Paphos Airports.
- 88 cases from 2,809 samples taken through private initiative.
- 10 cases from 175 samples taken from the Microbiology Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
- 188 cases from 39,176 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 77 cases from 15,826 samples tested by the antigen rapid test method through the Ministry of Health's programme.
In addition, the following tests were carried out, without the detection of a case:
- 119 samples taken in the framework of the referral program by Personal Doctors and control of special teams through the Public Health Clinics.
In detail, the rapid antigen tests through the ministry of health's program were carried out today as follows:
