Health Ministry announced on Saturday 2 deaths from COVID and 397 new cases while 233 people are in hospitals across the island.
From the 233 patients, 59 are in serious condition and the median age of the patients is 58,6 years.
The total deaths since the pandemic broke out is 334. The new cases were detected from a total of 71,251 tests (PCR and rapid).
The positivity rate stands at 0,56% and the total number of cases at 69,163.
The deceased are a female, 79 years old who was vaccinated and passed awaty at the ICU of the Nicosia General Hospital and a male 82 years, who was also vaccinated and passed away at the Nicosia General Hospital. From the total deaths, 220 are male (66%) and 114 females (34%) and their median age is 78 years.
From the 59 patients in serious condition, the 31 are intubated, 3 are in an ICU and 25 in ACU.
Today`s cases were detected from a total of 71,251 tests, 6,067 PCR and 65,184 rapid tests as follows:
32 from 479 samples taken in the framework of contact tracing, 7 from 2,256 tests done at airports, 86 from 2,867 done on private initiative, 8 from 256 tests done at Microbiological Labs of General Hospitals across the island, 14 from 1,105 rapid tests done at private labs and pharmacies and 250 from 64,079 rapid tests.
No case was detected from 209 tests done following referrals from GPs or from testing at public clinics.
The positivity rate from rapid tests stands at 0,39% in Nicosia, 0,45% in Limassol, 0,33% in Larnaka, 0,45% in Paphos and 0,74% in Famagusta.