Filenews 18 August 2021
The Ministry of Health announces that today, August 18, 2021, three people have died of COVID-19, while 433 are the new positive cases of the disease. At the same time, 223 patients are hospitalized, of which 90 are in serious condition. 81.17% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
Specifically:
- Three people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 467.
- 223 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 90 are in serious condition. 81.17% of hospitalized patients 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 44,475 tests have been performed to detect the disease using the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 433 (positivity rate: 0.97%) new cases of COVID-19 were identified by molecular tests (PCR) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 110,098.
Today's results are detailed.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The three people who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19, concern:
- A man, aged 56, who ended up on August 15th in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
- A woman, aged 71, who ended up on August 16th in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
- A woman, aged 84, who ended up at 16 in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with a final cause of COVID-19 is 467, of which:
- 299 men (64%), and
- 168 women (36%).
The average age of those voted by the disease is 77 years.
B. Hospitalized:
In total, 223 patients of the COVID-19 disease are hospitalized in the hospitals of the CySEC, of which 90 are in serious condition or in MAF conditions.
Of the 90 patients who are in serious condition, 47 are intubated, five are hospitalized in an off-ventilator Intensive Care Unit and 38 are 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 44,475 diagnoses made today, 5,927 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 38,548 by the antigen rapid test, 433 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting as follows:
- 42 cases from 295 samples taken through the process of contact tracing of already confirmed cases.
- 7 cases from 2,407 samples taken in the context of passenger screening at Larnaka and Paphos Airports.
- 89 cases from 2,964 samples taken through private initiative.
- 13 cases from 193 samples taken from the Microbiology Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
- 194 cases from 25,961 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 88 cases from 12,587 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:
- 57 samples taken in the framework of the referral program by Personal Physicians and control of special teams through the Public Health Clinics.
- 11 samples taken as part of a check in closed structures.
In detail, the rapid antigen tests through the ministry of health's program were carried out today as follows:
