Filenews 20 October 2021
Two men, 57 and 68 years old, have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 566, the Ministry of Health announced. At the same time, 143 (positivity rate: 0.31%) new cases of COVID-19 were identified by molecular tests (PCR) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 122,852.
In total, 64 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 24 are in serious condition. 60% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
Meanwhile, 6 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 46,367 tests have been performed to detect the disease using the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The two people who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19, concern:
- A man, aged 57, who ended up on October 19th in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
- A man, aged 68, who ended up today in the Intensive Care Unit of Nicosia General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with a final cause of COVID-19 is 566, of which:
- 360 men (63%), and
- 206 women (37%).
The average age of those voted by the disease is 76.2 years.
B. Hospitalized:
In total, 64 patients of the COVID-19 disease are hospitalized in the hospitals of the CySEC, of which 24 are in serious condition or in MAF conditions.
Of the 24 patients who are in serious condition, 11 are intubated, one is hospitalized in an off-ventilator Intensive Care Unit and 12 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 46,367 diagnoses performed, 3,771 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 42,596 by the antigen rapid test, 143 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting as follows:
- 33 cases from 313 samples taken through the process of contact tracing of already confirmed cases.
- 5 cases from 1,548 samples taken in the context of passenger screening at Larnaka and Paphos Airports.
- 20 cases from 1,434 samples taken through private initiative.
- 9 cases from 208 samples taken from the Microbiology Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
- 41 cases from 21,218 samples tested by the antigen rapid test method in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 35 cases from 21,378 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:
- 267 samples taken in the framework of the referral program by Personal Physicians and control of special teams through the Public Health Clinics.
- 1 sample taken as part of a closed structure check.
In detail, the rapid antigen tests through the ministry of health's program were carried out today as follows:
