Cyprus Health Ministry announced 23 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total cases recorded in the Republic to 1,847.
Eight patients are receiving treatment at Famagusta Reference Hospital, two of whom are at the Advanced Care Unit (ACU). Two patients are intubated at the ICU of the Nicosia General Hospital and one more patient is being treated at a ward of a General Hospital.
According to the Health Ministry, 10 cases were detected from airport checks on passengers and repatriated. More specifically, one person arrived from Athens on October 3rd, one person from East Midlands, one person from Liverpool, two from Kiev, one from Athens, one from London, one from Kracow, one from London. All arrived on October 4th.
Five cases were detected from contact tracing. Two people are contacts of a case announced on October 3rd, two are footballers from ASIL Lysis Football Club and one person who tested positive is a contact of a case announced October 3rd.
Two cases were detected following a referral from a personal doctor, one displayed symptoms and one is working at the BSB and showed symptoms on October 3rd.
Two more cases were announced from tests done at the Microbiological Labs of General Hospitals, both patients displayed symptoms.
Moreover, four cases were traced after testing on a private initiative. One person was tested before employment and had symptoms, one is a contact and also had symptoms and two were tested on their employer`s orders.
Analytically the cases were detected from 2,736 samples as follows:
Five out of 100 tests in the framework of contact tracing, ten out of 1,756 samples taken at the airports, two out of 162 samples at Microbiological Labs of General Hospitals , four out of 488 tests carried out on private initiative, two out of 200 samples taken on GP referrals.
Thirty samples were tested on the framework of courts` testing and no case was detected.
