31/12/2021 09:51
Covid 19 cases in Cyprus set a new bleak record on Thursday reaching 3.851 infections. The Ministry of Health announced one more death. Total infections now stand at 161.779 while the number of deaths recorded in Cyprus since the outbreak of the pandemic increased to 636.
According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Health, hospitalisations amounted to 178 while patients treated in serious conditions in ICUs and ACUs remain at 85.
Total tests carried out on Thursday amounted to 114,743 with the daily positivity rate rising to 3.36%.
The death is a woman, aged 95 who passed away at Larnaca General Hospital.
According to the Ministry of Health, total deaths since the beginning of the pandemic amount to 636, of whom 404 or 63.5% male and 232 or 36.5% female with a median age of 76 years.
Furthermore, patients receiving treatment in public hospitals amounted to 178, of whom 85 are being treated in a serious condition in ACUs and ICUs. Of the patients in serious condition, 28 are intubated in ICUs, 11 are in ICU but not connected to a ventilator and 46 patients are in ACUs, the Ministry added.
Data show that 85.4% of the patients have no vaccination history.
According to the Ministry, 3,851 new COVID cases were detected following 114,743 tests of which 14,415 were PCR tests and 100,328 rapid antigen tests.
Two hundred eighty one cases were detected from 1,536 tests done in the context of contact tracing and a further 85 from 5,749 tests done at airports.
A total of 806 infections were detected from 6,637 tests carried out privately, 33 cases from 465 tests carried out at the General Hospitals’ Microbiology Labs, and 1,818 cases were detected from 68,440 antigen rapid test done at private laboratories and pharmacies. A further 827 cases were found from 31,888 tests done in the context of the Ministry of Health rapid test programme.
One case was detected out of 28 tests carried out on of GP’s referrals and the control of special groups through the Public Health Clinics.
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