Filenews 21 January 2022
The new epidemiological data regarding the deaths recorded in Cyprus in the last two weeks due to coronavirus, were published by the Ministry of Health. According to the national report in the month of January, the number of deaths increased by 45% compared to the previous month (December 2021).
Detailed data
• The data analysis period is for March 2020 to January 20, 2022.
• As of January 20, 2022, 796 deaths of people diagnosed with COVID-19 have been reported to the Health Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health. 63.1% are men (n=502 deaths) and the remaining 36.9% are women (n=294 deaths).
• Of the 796 deaths, 700 (88%) had an underlying cause of COVID-19.
• 62.9% of the total number of deaths with the underlying cause of COVID-19, concerns men (n = 440 deaths) and the remaining 37.1% concerns women (n = 260 deaths).
• 50% of the total number of deaths of people diagnosed with COVID-19 are people aged 69-85 years, with a median age of death of 78 years and an average age of 76 years.
• The total number of deaths of people diagnosed with COVID-19, during the month of August 2021 (n=95), exceeded the number of deaths of December 2020 (n=90) and January 2021 (n=86). Since the beginning of the pandemic, the rate for the three months with the highest numbers has reached 34% of the total number of deaths. It is followed by April 2021 with a percentage of 8% (n=66), the current month (January 2022, until 20/1/2022) with a percentage of 8% (n=64), May 2021 with a percentage of 7% (n=59) and July with a percentage of 6% (n=49).
• During the current month the number of deaths increased by 45% compared to the previous month (December 2021).
• The highest percentage of deaths of people who are positive with COVID-19, with the underlying cause of death the COVID-19 disease, concerns people with permanent residence in the Limassol District (n= 242, 34.6%). They are followed by Nicosia District (n=214, 30.6%), Larnaca District (n=130, 18.6%), Pafos District (n=64, 9.1%), Famagusta District (n=40, 5.7%), 7 deaths have an undefined Permanent Residence District (1.0%) and 3 deaths concern residents abroad (0.4%).
• In the year 2021, Limassol is presented with the highest mortality rate per 100000 population (70.4 deaths per 100000 population). It is followed by Famagusta with 67.4 deaths, Larnaca with 61.7 deaths, Paphos with 50.1 deaths and finally Nicosia with 44.3 deaths per 100000 population.
Table 1: Summary Data on deaths of people with an underlying cause of death in COVID-19
Analysis of deaths of people with an underlying cause of COVID-19 by vaccination history
Analysis of deaths of people with COVID-19 for all deaths
Analysis of deaths of people with COVID-19 with an underlying cause of death, COVID-19
Analysis of deaths of people with COVID-19 for the month of January 2022 (until 20/1/2022)
