Authorities in Cyprus reported on Thursday one more death from COVID-19 and 677 new cases out of 69,068 tests with the positivity rate reaching 0.98%. At the same time 270 people with the disease are treated in hospitals.
The number of deaths has now reached 284, of which 187 (66%) are men and 97 (34%) are women with a median age of 78. The number of cases since the start of the pandemic in Cyprus increased to 54,621.
In a press release the Ministry of Health said that the deceased was a man aged 87 with underlying health conditions, that had received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Of the 270 people with COVID-19 in hospital, 63 are in a serious condition. Thirty-one are intubated, another six are treated in an ICU but without being connected to a ventilator while 26 are in an advanced care unit.
Out of 69,068 tests carried out today, 4,956 were by PCR method and 64,112 by antigen rapid test method. The 677 new cases were detected as follows: 120 people tested positive out of 1,052 samples taken through contact tracing, 2 people tested positive out of 1,143 samples from passengers at the Larnaca and Pafos airports, 130 people tested positive out of 2,329 samples tested privately, 17 people tested positive out of 394 samples from the General Hospitals Microbiology Labs, 20 people tested positive out of 573 samples tested privately by antigen rapid test and 388 people tested positive out of 63,539 samples tested by antigen rapid test in the context of a government screening programme.