Health Ministry announces 431 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday

A total of 431 new Covid-19 cases (positivity rate 0.79%) were confirmed on Sunday, the Health Ministry said in a press release, adding that no deaths were reported. The number of people who are hospitalized is 210, 48 of them in a critical condition.

The number of confirmed cases is now 47,713. A total of 54.842 tests were carried out using the PCR method and antigen rapid tests.

The number of Covid-19 patients who have lost their lives remains 261, 173 men (66%) and 88 (34%) women. Their median age is 79 years old.

Out of the 48 patients whose condition is critical, 24 are intubated, four are treated in an Intensive Treatment Unit but are not intubated and 20 in an Increased Care Unit.

Out of the 54.842 tests carried out on Sunday, 2.898 were conducted using the PCR method and 51.944 using antigen rapid tests.

The 431 new cases were traced as follows: 84 cases out of 1.164 samples tested during the process of tracing the contacts of already confirmed cases, 28 cases out of 1.159 samples taken at the private initiative, 3 cases out of 105 samples taken by the General Hospitals Microbiology Labs, 2 cases out of 470 samples taken after references by Personal Doctors and through public health services, 2 cases out of 101 samples tested using antigen rapid tests at private clinical labs and pharmacies and 312 cases out of 51.843 samples tested using antigen rapid tests.