Filenews 3 September 2022 - by Marilena Panayi
The initial slogan of the pandemic, "I am watching out for my grandparents", is fully confirmed, since the toll until August 31, 2022 for Cyprus, proves the truth of the reason and specifically, of the 1,172 deaths recorded from March 2020 until today and had the final cause of the virus, 761 concerned people over 75 years of age.
Interesting is the analysis of deaths between vaccinated and unvaccinated. The specific data concern the deaths recorded in 2022 and according to them, in the population of the unvaccinated, 106.7 deaths per 100,000 people have been registered, 73.1 deaths were recorded per 100,000 in the population of the partially vaccinated, 40.8 in the population of the fully vaccinated, 26.8 in the population that received 3 doses of vaccine and 11.2 in the population that received a 4th dose. In numbers from January 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022, a total of 411 deaths were recorded involving people of which 74 were fully vaccinated, 128 with three doses, four with a 4th dose, nine partially vaccinated and 196 unvaccinated.
In detail and always according to the data of the Ministry of Health, from March 2020 until the end of August 2022, 1,418 people died after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Of these deaths, 1,172 had a cause of the coronavirus, while the rest were attributed to other causes. It is reported that Cyprus, unlike other countries, since April 2020 had implemented a system of separating the deaths of people with coronavirus and deaths caused by the coronavirus.
In the total number of deaths, (whether these were attributed to the coronavirus, or to another cause, i.e. 246 deaths, two involved children, three people between 25-29 years old and another three people between 30-43 years old.
In the deaths attributed to the virus, 5 deaths between the ages of 25-34 were recorded, and there were no casualties at younger ages.
During the last two months (July – August 2022), there were a total of 85 deaths of which 68 had the final cause of the coronavirus.
Of the 68 deaths, 54 involved people over the age of 75. Of the people who died in the previous two months, 7 were fully vaccinated, 25 had received three doses of vaccine, 4 had received 4 doses of the vaccine and 29 were unvaccinated.
In summary, as described in the latest report of the Ministry of Health (data analysis period from March 2020 to August 31, 2022):
- As of August 31, 2022, 1,418 deaths of people diagnosed with Covid-19 have been reported to the Health Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health. 58.7% concern men (832 deaths) and the remaining 41.3% concern women (586 deaths).
- Of the 1418 deaths, 1172 (83%), had an underlying cause of Covid-19 disease.
- 59.0% of the total number of deaths with Covid-19 as the underlying cause, concern men (691 deaths) and the remaining 41.0% concern women (481 deaths).
- 50% of the total number of deaths of people diagnosed with Covid-19 involve people aged 70-86 years, with a median age of death of 80 years and an average age of 77.4 years.
- During the pandemic, the months with the highest number of deaths are: December 2020 (98 deaths of people positive for Covid-19), January 2021 (110 deaths), August 2021 (109 deaths), January 2022 (110 deaths), February 2022 (118 deaths) and April 2022 (106 deaths).
The highest percentage of deaths of people positive with Covid-19 disease, with Covid-19 as the underlying cause of death, concerns people with permanent residence in the Limassol district (413, 35.2%). They are followed by the district of Nicosia (373, 31.8%), the District of Larnaca (209, 17.8%), the District of Paphos (104, 8.9%), the Famagusta District (63, 5.4%), 4 deaths have an undetermined province of permanent residence (0.3%) and 6 deaths concern residents abroad (0.5%).
The data of July – August 2022
68 deaths were recorded with the final cause being the coronavirus. These deaths involved people over the age of 55. Twenty people came from the Limassol district, 20 from Nicosia, 17 from Larnaca, 5 from the Paphos district, 3 from free Famagusta and for one person no district was mentioned. A total of 50 deaths had been recorded in July and 35 in August.
As pointed out in the report, Cyprus has been a member of EuroMOMO since 2020 (European excess mortality monitoring) The network's goal is to operate coordinated and timely monitoring of mortality using a standardized approach to ensure that data are comparable between countries, in times of pandemic and other infections that have an impact on public health.
For the month of August, four deaths were announced yesterday by the Ministry of Health. They involved three men from 78 to 87 years old and a woman aged 82. Deaths were recorded from August 25 to 29.
According to the weekly announcement of the Ministry of Health, on Thursday afternoon 42 coronavirus patients were being treated in public hospitals. Ten in serious condition, four of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (intubated) and 6 in the Increased Care Unit. Three patients also remained intubated in the ICU who ceased to be infectious, but their condition requires them to remain in intensive care.
During the past week, a total of 68,678 diagnostic tests were performed, of which 1,752 new cases were detected (total cases since the beginning of the pandemic 578,030). The positivity rate over the past week was at 2.55%. In detail, 2,464 molecular tests were performed, from which 119 positive cases were found (positivity rate 4.83%) and 66,214 rapid antigen tests, from which 1,633 positive cases were identified (positivity rate 2.47%).
In the National Guard, a positivity rate of 3.97% was recorded, in nursing homes 0.09% (4 cases were detected from 4,367 tests) and in closed structures the positivity rate was 0.65% (16 cases).
UNDERLINE
Our responsibility is to protect them
A few weeks ago, the death report included a 107-year-old grandmother. Most were quick to say "well where was it to go?", as if there is a limit set for when a person can live. If we "read" it differently, immediately the picture changes. She was a woman who managed to live 107 years and yet died alone in the ward of a hospital without having children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren around her when she could in her last moments, as she deserved after more than a century of life. The death toll list will continue to grow. The responsibility for protecting our elderly lies with all of us.
