Filenews 17 December 2021
The Ministry of Health announces that today, December 16, 2021, two people have died from COVID-19, while 632 are the new positive cases of the disease.
Specifically:
- 2 people have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 616.
- 165 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 51 are in serious condition. 75.76% of hospitalized patients have no history of vaccination.
- 8 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 87,028 tests have been performed to detect the disease using the molecular method (PCR) and the antigen rapid test.
- 632 (positivity rate: 0.73% new cases of COVID-19 were identified by molecular tests (PCR) and antigen rapid tests, bringing the total number of cases to 143,510.
Today's results are detailed.
A. Deaths from COVID-19:
The 2 people who died with the final cause of death attributed to COVID-19, concern:
- Man, aged 75 years, who died on December 16th at Paphos General Hospital
- Man, aged 74 years, who died on December 16 at Famagusta General Hospital
Consequently, the total number of deaths with a final cause of COVID-19 is 616, of which:
- 393 men (63.8%), and
- 223 women (36.2%).
The average age of those who have died due to the disease is 75.9 years.
B. Hospitalized:
In total, 165 covid-19 patients are hospitalized in the hospitals of the CySEC, of which 51 are in serious condition or in MAF conditions.
Of the 51 patients who are in serious condition, 18 are intubated, 4 are hospitalized in an off-ventilator Intensive Care Unit and 29 are in an Increased Care Unit.
In detail, the situation in the hospitals is the following:
Hospital | Chamber | Number of Patients |
Famagusta (41 patients) | COVID ward | 34 |
Increased Care Unit | 7 | |
Nicosia (22 patients) | COVID ward | 14 |
Increased Care Unit | 8 | |
Limassol (43 patients) | COVID ward | 32 |
Increased Care Unit | 11 | |
Paphos (16 patients) | COVID ward | 13 |
Increased Care Unit | 3 | |
Larnaca (19 patients) | Increased Care Unit | 19 |
COVID ward | 0 | |
Makarios (2 patients) | COVID ward | 2 |
Intensive Care Units (22 patients) | Intubated | 18 |
Off-ventilator | 4 |
C. Positive cases of COVID-19 (PCR test and rapid antigen test):
Of the 87,028 diagnoses performed, 8,762 were made by the molecular method (PCR) and 78,266 by the antigen rapid test, 632 cases of COVID-19 were identified, resulting as follows:
- 110 cases from 1,359 samples taken through the process of contact tracing of already confirmed cases.
- 30 cases from 4,607 samples taken in the context of passenger screening at Larnaka and Paphos Airports.
- 72 cases from 2,416 samples taken through a private initiative.
- 13 cases from 291 samples taken from the Microbiology Laboratories of the General Hospitals.
- 269 cases from 45,807 samples tested by the antigen rapid test in private clinical laboratories and pharmacies.
- 138 cases from 32,459 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:
- 0 cases from 89 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:
|
Επαρχία / Τομέας |
Αριθμός τεστ |
Αριθμός θετικών |
|
|
Λευκωσία |
5,459 |
48 |
|
|
Λεμεσός |
1,584 |
27 |
|
|
Λάρνακα |
1,242 |
11 |
|
|
Πάφος |
749 |
5 |
|
|
Αμμόχωστος |
549 |
5 |
|
|
Οίκοι Ευγηρίας |
Λευκωσία |
539 |
0 |
|
Λεμεσός |
218 |
0 |
|
|
Δημοτική Εκπαίδευση |
Λευκωσία |
3,483 |
7 |
|
Λεμεσός |
2,524 |
6 |
|
|
Λάρνακα |
1,679 |
2 |
|
|
Πάφος |
1054 |
3 |
|
|
Αμμόχωστος |
429 |
0 |
|
|
Μέση Εκπαίδευση |
Λευκωσία |
4,585 |
4 |
|
Λεμεσός |
3,023 |
6 |
|
|
Λάρνακα |
2,234 |
3 |
|
|
Πάφος |
1,591 |
5 |
|
|
Αμμόχωστος |
545 |
3 |
|
|
Κλειστές Δομές |
277 |
0 |
|
|
Ειδικά Σχολεία |
695 |
3 |
|
