Cyprus Health Ministry announced 69 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with a positivity rate of 0.17%, while no deaths were recorded. The number of COVID-19 patients who are hospitalized is 95, of which 35 are in a critical condition.
According to the Ministry, the number of confirmed cases is now 72,159, while the number of deaths remains 357, of which 238 men (67%) and 119 women (33%). The median age of those who lost their lives is 78 years old.
A total of 41,776 tests were conducted on Wednesday using the PCR method and antigen rapid tests.
Out of the 35 patients whose condition is critical, 22 are intubated, five are treated in an Intensive Care Unit but are not intubated and eight in an Advanced Care Unit.
Out of the 41,776 tests that were conducted, 5,554 were done using the PCR method and 36,222 using antigen rapid tests.
The 69 new cases were detected as follows: 20 cases out of 261 samples taken during tracing the contacts of already confirmed cases, 13 cases out of 2,367 samples taken at the private initiative, 3 cases out of 301 samples taken by the General Hospitals` Microbiological Labs, one case out of 441 samples tested using antigen rapid tests at private clinical labs and pharmacies and 32 cases out of 35,781 samples tested using antigen rapid tests.