Filenews 25 December 2021
One person has died due to coronavirus according to the Ministry of Health, while 268 new positive cases of the virus have been identified.
Specifically:
- 1 person died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 628.
- 157 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 63 are in serious condition. 75.65% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 13 post-COVID patients who have ceased to be infectious (declassified cases), continue to be hospitalized intubated in a serious condition due to COVID in an Intensive Care Unit.
- A total of 16,231 tests have been performed to detect the disease using the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 268 (positivity rate: 1.65% new cases of COVID-19 were identified by molecular tests (PCR) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 149,848.
Today's results are detailed.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 1 person who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19, concerns:
- A man, aged 76, who died on December 25th at Nicosia General Hospital.
Therefore, the total number of deaths with a final cause of COVID-19 is 628, of which:
- 401 men (63.9%), and
- 227 women (36.1%).
The average age of those voted by the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Hospitalized:
In total, 157 covid-19 patients are hospitalized in the hospitals of the CySEC, of which 63 are in serious condition or in MAF conditions.
Of the 63 patients who are in serious condition, 24 are intubated, 4 are hospitalized in an off-ventilator Intensive Care Unit and 35 in an Increased Care Unit.
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is the following:
Hospital | Chamber | Number of Patients |
Famagusta (33 patients) | COVID ward | 27 |
Increased Care Unit | 6 | |
Nicosia (16 patients) | COVID ward | 11 |
Increased Care Unit | 5 | |
Limassol (42 patients) | COVID ward | 29 |
Increased Care Unit | 13 | |
Paphos (13 patients) | COVID ward | 10 |
Increased Care Unit | 3 | |
Larnaca (19 patients) | Increased Care Unit | 11 |
COVID ward | 8 | |
Makarios (6 patients) | COVID ward | 6 |
Intensive Care Units (28 patients) | Intubated | 24 |
Off-ventilator | 4 |
C. Positive cases of COVID-19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):
Of the 16,231 diagnoses performed, 7,073 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 9,158 by the antigen rapid test method, 268 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting as follows:
- 53 cases from 5,017 samples taken in the context of passenger screening at Larnaka and Paphos Airports.
- 82 cases from 1,897 samples taken through private initiative.
- 7 cases from 159 samples taken from the Microbiology Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
- 126 cases from 9,158 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
Today, rapid antigen tests were not performed through the Ministry of Health's program.
